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Flames and smoke rise from burned cars after two bombs exploded in Damascus, Syria, in early May (photo credit: AP/SANA)
From the WebSeptember 30, 2012, 8:14 pm
Leaked files: Assad’s regime carried out deadly Damascus bombings
Al-Arabiya documents show that motive was to convince world of terrorist presence in Syria
September 2, 2012, 3:51 pm
Blasts rock central Damascus
Explosions wound Syrian military personnel
Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, his brother Maher, center, and brother-in-law Major General Assef Shawkat, left, stand during the funeral of late president Hafez Assad in Damascus, Syria on June 13, 2000 (photo credit: AP)
August 14, 2012, 3:45 pm
Russia denies deputy FM claimed Assad was willing to step down
Saudi paper Al-Watan reported Mikhail Bogdanov had made the claim during an interview
By Ron Friedman and Elhanan Miller
Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, his brother Maher, center, and brother-in-law Major General Assef Shawkat, left, stand during the funeral of late president Hafez Assad in Damascus, Syria on June 13, 2000 (photo credit: AP)
August 14, 2012, 10:02 am
Assad willing to step down, claims Russian deputy FM
Mikhail Bogdanov tells Saudi paper that the president’s brother was severely injured in last month’s blast in Damascus
By Ron Friedman and Elhanan Miller
Dawoud Rajha and Assef Shawkat (photo credit: AP)
From the WebJuly 18, 2012, 4:56 pm
Profiles of Syria’s slain defense chiefs
BBC: Background on Assad’s brother-in-law, Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Assef Shawkat, and Defense Minister Gen. Dawoud Rajha — both killed in a massive bombing in Damascus Wednesday
Algerians vote in Algiers Thursday (photo credit: AP Photo/Paul Schemm)
May 11, 2012, 10:12 am
Damascus seethes and Saudi Arabia forgives Egypt
“Annan’s plan fails and everyone is scared of plan B,” writes one commentator
By Elhanan Miller
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, flames and smoke raise from burning cars after two bombs exploded in Damascus on Thursday (photo credit: AP/PTI)
May 10, 2012, 11:16 pm
Is Syria going the way of Iraq?
Analysts say Syria attacks may be the product of hard-earned Iraqi experience
By Elhanan Miller
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