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Presidency of Hafez al-Assad

Disputes Over Arms For Syria Cloud U.S.-Russian Peace Drive

Newsdeck

Disputes Over Arms For Syria Cloud U.S.-Russian Peace Drive

By Reuters

Russia Says Assad's Prospects Fading

Newsdeck

Russia Says Assad's Prospects Fading

By Reuters

Assad opponents agree to unite

Newsdeck

Assad opponents agree to unite

By Reuters

Assad loses envoy in first diplomatic defection

Newsdeck

Assad loses envoy in first diplomatic defection

By Reuters

Is Syria just too 'big' to bomb?

Politics

Is Syria just too 'big' to bomb?

By Simon Allison

Iraq throws its weight behind al-Assad in Syria

Politics

Iraq throws its weight behind al-Assad in Syria

By Khadija Patel

The end is nigh for Syria's Assad - and the Middle East as we know it

Politics

The end is nigh for Syria's Assad - and the Middle East as we know it

By Khadija Patel