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April 10, 2012

Why Did Anyone Believe Assad's Ceasefire Pledge?

Radwan Ziadeh, The New Republic

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The only real surprise about the six-point peace plan for Syria put forward by United Nations envoy Kofi Annan is why it took until yesterday, the eve of its proposed ceasefire, for the world to declare it a failure.

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