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A senior Muslim Brotherhood official in Syria has warned that the Geneva conference aims to "extract concessions" from the rebels and "legitimise the Assad regime". Zuhair Salem called on...
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According to the Al-Rai newspaper in Kuwait, high-ranking sources say that Western nations have requested Israel to exercise restraint over possible retaliation from the Syrian regime and its allies...
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Forces within the Syrian opposition have escalated their stance against the Arab and international envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, over his insistence that Iran should participate in the Geneva...
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UN and Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi expressed on Monday his support to the establishment of a new Syrian republic, where Syrian people would "decide its nature."...
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Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister said on Tuesday that Russia will not cancel its plans to provide Syria with an air defence system despite Western opposition. Sergei Ryabkov insisted that...
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Two Syrian diplomats in Berlin have announced their defection from Bashar Al Assad's regime due to its "horrific crimes" which have taken the country to unprecedented levels of violence...
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Amnesty International (AI) has denounced the reaction of the European Union (EU) to the growing Syrian refugee crisis. So far, EU member states have only opened their doors to...
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January 24, 2014
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Yassir Zaatreh
There are many reasons why the Syrian regime is still in control after more than two years of revolution. At the forefront is its reliance on a minority to...