Syria's Widening Protests: Assad increasingly Beleaguered

By James M. Dorsey
Synopsis
The protests against Syrian president Bashar al Assad’s regime is spreading to the country’s business community and middle-class residents of Damascus. There is also mounting international pressure on Assad to halt the crackdown while the US and EU prepare to impose new sanctions on Syrian oil exports.
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