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October 31, 2012

How to Hit Assad Where It Hurts

Hassan Hassan, The National

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What if the Syrian regime crumbled today? Did the government lose control - at least briefly - when at least four of the regime's top figures were killed in a bomb attack in Damascus in July? In my opinion, it probably did.

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