#Syria's Assad has embraced pariah status, Most of Turks oppose Ankara war on Syria

Syria's Assad has embraced pariah status

Washington Post  -  7:49 PM

In the first months after Bashar al-Assad took over Syria in 2000, a wave of free expression broke out after he sent signals that were interpreted to mean that he planned to relax his father's autocratic control. Dissidents formed 70 dialogue clubs, met openly and published two critical opinion ...

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Most of Turks oppose Ankara war on Syria

An opinion poll in Turkey shows the majority of Turks are opposed to their country intervening militarily in Syria, which has been hit by a deadly unrest....

Turkey Follows US On Syria But Turkish People ... »

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Guy Kawasaki

Jun 14, 2012 (edited)  -  Public

(Thu05) Photo essay of the uprising in Syria:

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/06/syrias-civil-war/100319/

Photo credit: AP

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Uriah Smith1:56 PM

Pancake

hind alnadi6:32 PM

These pictures of the dead in Syria

http://www.google.jo/imgres?start=173&hl=ar&safe=off&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=GFTyWEb45XpIjM:&imgrefurl=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/27/syria-children-body-bags-homs_n_1236885.html&docid=pQxBYLbF8Q2ipM&imgurl=http://i.huffpost.com/gen/480324/thumbs/s-SYRIA-MASSACRE-large640.jpg&w=640&h=468&ei=TgndT4WlJujC0QWIhJHaCg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=658&vpy=145&dur=1699&hovh=192&hovw=263&tx=134&ty=113&sig=114227669215371342098&page=10&tbnh=131&tbnw=167&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:173,i:310&biw=1024&bih=601

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