Nir’s Notes

Friday, December 12, 2003 By: Nir Boms and Erick Stakelbeck In his three-and-a-half years as Syrian President, 38-year-old Bashar al-Assad has been called many things by U.S. officials. Misunderstood is not one of them. Yet, if Assad’s recent comments to the New York Times are any indication, the U.S. has it all wrong when it [...]

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  May 26, 2004 On May 11, in accordance with the Syria Accountability Act, President Bush imposed new political and economic sanctions on Syria. The Syrian government, not surprisingly, was quick to condemn this move, calling the sanctions “unjust and unjustified,” and portraying Syria as a “democratic country that fights terrorism.” While this sort of [...]

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