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Which road for Damascus | by Phyllis Bennis

Which road for Damascus | by Phyllis Bennis

The short Syrian Spring of 2011 has long since morphed into something close to full-scale civil war. If the conflict escalates further, it will have ramifications far beyond the country itself. As the former UN secretary-general and current UN and Arab League envoy...

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Wishful thinking from Tehran

Wishful thinking from Tehran

Since the revolution, academics and pundits have predicted the collapse of the Iranian regime. This week, they did no better guardian.co.uk Saturday 13 June 2009 I have been in Iran for exactly one week covering the 2009 Iranian election carnival. Since I arrived, few...

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Mass protests against election result in Iran

Wed, 17/06/2009 Iran is gripped by a political crisis, reports Simon Hardy. Claims of rigged elections have spiralled into a mass popular movement on the streets, but is Mousavi the way forward? Thirty years after the Iranian revolution, which saw the creation of the...

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