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January 7, 2013

Assad's Days in Syria Are Numbered

Daily Telegraph, Daily Telegraph

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For all the bombast and posturing of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, the battle has turned against him and his days are surely numbered.

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TAGGED: Free Syrian Army, FSA, Middle East, Syria, Bashar al-Assad

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