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Syria: Deal reached with Arab League on unrest
Syria said on Tuesday it had reached a deal with an Arab League committee tasked with finding a way to end seven months of unrest and starting a dialogue between President Bashar al-Assad and his opponents.
The Arab Spring and Iraq
The Arab Spring, as a moniker for the revolution that seemed about to sweep the Middle East earlier this year, has given way to far less cheerful seasonal metaphors — from long, hot summer to dark, dismal winter. In Egypt, where “people power” toppled Hosni Mubarak’s corrupt dictatorship, the dream of freedom has morphed into a nightmare of mob violence and military crackdown. In other countries whose dictators have been more willing to use extreme savagery to hold on to power, the opposition is getting slaughtered — except for Libya, where Western intervention has made the difference.
Is Assad next?
Bashar Assad must have felt a chill when he saw the pictures of Muamar Gadhafi’s final moments and knowing that Syrian crowds were chanting, “Assad is next.”
Don’t confuse Assad and Gadhafi
Think kiwis and kumquats. While it is true that they are both fruits, the similarities between them end right about there. So, too, the similarities between Libya and Syria.
Syrian protesters chant “Bye Gadhafi, Bashar next”
Syrian protesters chanted \”Bye, bye Gadhafi, Bashar your turn is coming\” overnight, but President Bashar al-Assad showed few signs of cracking after months of demonstrations and his forces raided an eastern tribal region again on Thursday.
Heroes of the Arab spring
A journalist with family in Syria told me there’s a joke going around that country these days.
Syrian security forces kill 16 in biggest protests to date
Syrian security forces shot dead at least 16 protesters on Friday as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across the country in the biggest protests so far against President Bashar Assad, Al Jazeera reported.
At least 15 reported killed in Syria, among them 3 youths
At least 15 people were reported killed in Syria on Friday in protests against President Bashar Assad\’s regime, Al Arabiya said.
Syria security forces kill six as protests erupt across the country
A human rights activist said Syrian security forces have killed six people during widespread protests on Friday.
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