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January 8, 2013

Why Assad May Yet Claim Victory in Syria

Simon Tisdall, The Guardian

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Perhaps it's not Bashar al-Assad who is detached from reality but Obama and Hague. Intervention looks extremely unlikely.

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TAGGED: Syria, Bashar al-Assad, Middle East

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