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Syria: Towards the endgame

Submitted by kieronb on Fri, 2012-07-20 15:23

Syria: Towards the endgame "Syria after Mr Assad will be a danger to its own people and its neighbours. Sectarian bloodletting is one risk, loose chemical weapons another, tides of refugees a third. Syria could become the focus of rivalry between Iran, Turkey and the Arab world. Violence could suck in Israel or spill over into Lebanon."

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