Nir Boms

By Nir Boms, 19th November 2007
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. In the aftermath of exiled Syrian opposition leader Farid Ghadry’s visit to Israel, support within Syria has noticeably increased for his Syrian Reform Party (RPS).
2. In order to prevent further promotion of Ghadry, rather than in their usual fashion ignoring his increase in popularity as a result [...]

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November 21, 2003, 9:08
By Nir Boms & Erick Stakelbeck
“The advance of freedom is the calling of our time; it is the calling of our country.”
With this statement, made in his November 6, 2003, speech calling for the establishment of democracy in the Middle East, President Bush galvanized an increasingly active contingent of Syrian democracy advocates. [...]

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