Assad’s ‘Groundbreaking’ Speech Offers Little

Protests broke out across Syria today, after president Bashar al-Assad delivered a speech that blamed “saboteurs” and “foreign conspiracies” for the country’s unrest. The speech had been hailed in advance as one that would potentially be “groundbreaking,” but it actually offered little new in terms of concessions or reforms, according…

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Assad’s ‘Groundbreaking’ Speech Offers Little

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