Syria Conflict: Bashar Assad Says He Will Not Leave Country Despite Raging Violence (intvw. on Russia Today)
by BARBARA SURK for ASSOCIATED PRESS (VIA THE HUFFINGTON POST) on NOVEMBER 8, 2012: BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad vowed to “live and die” in Syria, saying in an interview broadcast Thursday that he will never flee his country despite the bloody, 19-month-old uprising against him.
Joshua Landis on Syria: It’s Going to Be Long and Bloody and Assad Isn’t Going Anytime Soon
by JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary on OCTOBER 31, 2012: With the weekend Eid al Adha “ceasefire” broken in Syria, and continuous fighting since, there appears to be less and less hope of a resolution to the sectarian conflict in Syria that is turning into a civil war and an international quagmire. Noted Syria scholar, [...]
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