Saturday, April 16, 2011

A Syrian dictator suspended

Syria seemed immune to the convulsions of the Arab world. Dictatorial and corrupt, the Baathist regime skillfully played on ethnic and religious population. Reconciled with Obama's America, he was courted by France of Sarkozy and feared by its neighbors. But the wind of freedom blowing through the Arab world has not spared.

And demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad (see photo above) intensified since the beginning of March.

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