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EFTA00701752Set 9

2012-07-2626p9,365w

precondition has been met for the fall of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al Assad. We have argued that so long as the military and security apparatus remain intact ... longer certain. We had thought that there was a reasonable chance of the al Assad regime surviving completely. That is no longer the case. At a certain point ... their interests. The regime has not unraveled, but it is unraveling. The speculation over al Assad's whereabouts and heavy fighting in Damascus is simply part of the regime

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00701752.pdf

EFTA01874308Set 10

2012-07-2439p9,417w

fall of the regime of Syrian EFTA_R1_00282346 EFTA01874312 President Bashar al Assad. We have argued that so long as the military and security apparatus remain intact and effective ... longer certain. We had thought that there was a reasonable chance of the al Assad regime surviving completely. That is no longer the case. At a certain point ... their interests. The regime has not unraveled, but it is unraveling. The speculation over al Assad's whereabouts and heavy fighting in Damascus is simply part of the regime

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01874308.pdf

EFTA00712371Set 9

2012-07-0926p9,323w

Robert D. Kaplan and Kamran Bokhari July 4, 2012 -- What if Syrian President Bashar al Assad really goes? There is an assumption in the West that ... keeping Syria as its own Mediterranean outpost are probably linked with the survivability of al Assad's regime. But his removal might well hasten the slide into chaos within Syria ... adjacent Lebanon, rather than slow it. Al Assad's departure could even ignite a disintegration of the Syrian power structure into various gangs and militias. After all, we are talking

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00712371.pdf

EFTA01073907Set 9

2011-05-1234p9,533w

about U.S. President Barack Obama's passivity in the face of Syrian President Bashar al- Assad's brutal repression of domestic opposition, don't be. Syria isn't Libya ... never quite understand my colleagues' fascination with the brutal Syrian regime. To me, Bashar al-Assad was a brutal dictator who wanted to be the Frank Sinatra of the Middle ... hundreds of unarmed protesters have been mown down by the forces of President Bashar al-Assad, who comes from the country's Alawi minority, is much more menacing than

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01073907.pdf

EFTA00970969Set 9

2013-09-1826p9,706w

corner for the two dramatis personae in this Syrian drama, Barack Obama and Bashar al-Assad. For Obama, this eleventh-hour reprieve came after all his options ... with pink hair was not agonizing over the proper use of force against Bashar al- Assad. Not his fault; his is a tiny country. I guess worrying about Syria ... into the atmosphere. The action also was not intended to destroy Syrian President Bashar al Assad's regime. That, too, would be difficult to do from the air, and would

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00970969.pdf

EFTA01956201Set 10

2013-09-2049p12,265w

well as sacrificing any credible threat to use force to punish Bashar al-Assad for his atrocities). Syria, of course, only used the weapons to keep Assad in power. This ... United States' threat of military intervention that seems to have led Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to cut a deal brokered by his main allies, Russia and, less directly, Iran ... that his wish may come true. In that case, not only Syrian President Bashar al- Assad will pay a price. So, too, may Netanyahu and his dream of a nuclear

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01956201.pdf

EFTA00708199Set 9

2011-03-306p3,330w

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton respond to a question on Sunday about Bashar al-Assad, the latest Arab dictator to respond with fusillades to calls by his people ... respond — by siding decisively with those in Syria seeking genuine change. Washington Post Bashar al-Assad stages his own coup Op-ed by David Ignatius March 29, 2011 Syria ... President Bashar al-Assad is attempting a new survival tactic in this Arab Spring — organizing what looks like a coup against his own government. Over the next 48 hours

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00708199.pdf

EFTA00686705Set 9

2012-04-0649p15,328w

there, the Israelis face a more complex choice. If the regime of President Bashar al Assad survives (with or without al Assad himself), Iran -- which is supplying weapons and advisers ... pose severe dangers to Israel. Accordingly, Israel has shifted its thinking from supporting the al Assad regime to wanting it to depart so that a Sunni government hostile to Iran ... there, the Israelis face a more complex choice. If the regime of President Bashar al Assad survives (with or without al Assad himself), Iran -- which is supplying weapons and advisers

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00686705.pdf

EFTA01189624Set 9

2013-11-0638p13,998w

political solution to the Syrian conflict. Instead, Washington reiterates hubristic demands that President Bashar al-Assad step down before a political process starts, and relies on a Saudi-funded "Syrian ... okay. He was, for a few days at least, no better than Bashar al-Assad. Giving him money and guns will make us EFTA01189640 no friends but plenty of enemies ... Belize. It matters who runs that country, and it matters a lot. Bashar al-Assad's regime is the biggest state sponsor of international terrorism in the Arab world

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01189624.pdf

EFTA01872545Set 10

2012-07-1836p8,878w

update 15 July, 2012 Article 1. The Sunday Telegraph Why I defected from Bashar al-Assad's regime, by former diplomat Nawaf Fares Ruth Sherlock Article 2. NOW Lebanon Scared ... Elites Stink David Brooks Article I. The Sunday Telegraph Why I defected from Bashar al- Assad's regime, by former diplomat Nawaf Fares Ruth Sherlock 14 Jul 2012 - Beirut -- Nawaf ... would ensue, and Sunnis and Shia would fight, in the memorable words of Bashar al- Assad, from the Mediterranean to the Caspian Sea. Now the tribunal provokes hardly a yawn

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01872545.pdf

EFTA00701858Set 9

2012-07-1825p8,822w

July, 2012 Article 1 The Sunday Telegraph Why I defected from Bashar al-Assad's regime, by former diplomat Nawaf Fares Ruth Sherlock Article 2. NOW Lebanon Scared ... Elites Stink David Brooks The Sunday Telegraph Why I defected from Bashar al-Assad's mgine,_h_y former Nawaf Sherlock EFTA00701858 14 Jul 2012 - Beirut -- Nawaf Fares, a former ... would ensue, and Sunnis and Shia would fight, in the memorable words of Bashar al-Assad, from the Mediterranean to the Caspian Sea. Now the tribunal provokes hardly a yawn

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00701858.pdf

EFTA01884020Set 10

2012-08-1443p11,196w

exists in Syria. The secular and militarist EFTA_R1_00298505 EFTA01884024 regime of the al Assad family is in serious trouble. As mentioned, the Israelis had a working relationship with ... Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists. Though Israel far preferred Syrian President Bashar al Assad to them, al Assad himself was shifting his behavior. The more pressure he came under ... succeed in EFTA_R1_00298506 EFTA01884025 preserving Syria's secular military regime without al Assad. But it is unclear how long a Western-backed regime resting on the structure

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01884020.pdf

EFTA01301043Set 10

2011-03-2925p7,283w

demonstrations in the southern town of Daraa near the border with Jordan. President Bashar al-Assad, she stressed, had given strict orders not to fire at demonstrators with live ammunition ... This change, they stress, needs to be orderly and non-violent, and only Bashar al-Assad can make that happen. Sami Moubayed is a university professor, political analyst and Editor ... Syrian President I Know David W. Lesch March 29, 2011 -- WHERE has President Bashar al-Assad of Syria been this past week? Thousands of Syrians across the country have staged

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01301043.pdf

EFTA01875049Set 10

2012-04-0364p15,396w

there, the Israelis face a more complex choice. If the regime of President Bashar al Assad survives (with or without al Assad himself), Iran -- which is supplying weapons and advisers ... pose severe dangers to Israel. Accordingly, Israel has shifted its thinking from supporting the al Assad regime to wanting it to depart so that a Sunni government hostile to Iran ... there, the Israelis face a more complex choice. If the regime of President Bashar al Assad survives (with or without al EFTA_R1_00283509 EFTA01875096 Assad himself), Iran -- which

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01875049.pdf

EFTA00974150Set 9

2013-10-302p563w

League has said it might take place on November 23- 24. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, meanwhile, has sacked deputy prime minister Qadri Jamil, one of two representatives of minor ... peace talks planned in Geneva. The UN envoy was expected to meet President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday, "if the meeting at the Foreign Ministry goes well," a Syrian security ... source told Lebanon's pro-al-Assad al-Mayadeen television. Syria has accused Brahimi of being biased after he called for "real, not cosmetic change" in Syria this year

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00974150.pdf

EFTA01750551Set 10

2014-04-1634p9,043w

concern. Some in Israel want Obama to follow through on threats to pummel Bashar al Assad's government in Syria and prefer airstrikes on Iran to a deal over ... abetted Assad's worst acts Michael Young April 15, 2014 -- Last weekend, Bashar Al Assad was quoted as saying that the Syrian conflict was turning to his EFTA ... take such optimistic comments seriously, but there is a broader implication in what Mr Al Assad said: that a military solution to the Syrian conflict is achievable. Among those

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01750551.pdf

EFTA00707177Set 9

2013-11-0530p10,366w

asuestion that many Syrians are surely asking as well: has the US made Bashar al-Assad "an irreplaceable party to a long-term contract" to fulfill its chemical weapons agreement ... rescuing what remains of Syria's largely defenseless population from the ravages of Bashar al-Assad's conventional forces. With well over 110,000 killed and an estimated seven million ... until now. Sanctions against the regimes led by Slobodan Milosevic, Saddam Hussein and Bashar al-Assad produced scarcity and hardship for the poorest of their citizens but enriched the leadership

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00707177.pdf

EFTA01756049Set 10

2013-11-0520p9,747w

/blogs/menasource/syria=getting-past-the-chemicals> that many Syrians=are surely asking as well: has the US made Bashar al-Assad "an irreplaceable party to a long-term contract" to fu=fill its chemical weapons ... rescuing what remains of Syri='s largely defenseless population from the ravages of Bashar al- Assad's conventional forces. With well over 110=000 killed and an estimated seven million ... tions against the regimes led by Slobodan Milosevic, Saddam Hussein and Bashar al-Assad produced scarcity and hardsh=p for the poorest of their citizens but enriched the leadership circle

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01756049.pdf

EFTA00970397Set 9

2013-09-1623p8,199w

Obama was considering. Even so, the task of cataloging, securing and destroying President Bashar al-Assad's poison gas cache — which Washington and Moscow have estimated at 1,000 tons ... months ago, the Obama administration was -- at least rhetorically -- targeting Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad for removal. Today, the U.S. has in a perverse way made Assad its partner ... well-polished speeches devoted to articulating principles that can apply to Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons as well as Gen. al-Sissi's entrenchment, the Arab-Israeli peace process

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00970397.pdf

EFTA01954618Set 10

2013-09-1534p8,239w

task of cataloging, securing and destroying EFTA_R1_00424181 EFTA01954619 President Bashar al-Assad's poison gas cache — which Washington and Moscow have estimated at 1,000 tons — is daunting ... months ago, the Obama administration was -- at least rhetorically -- targeting Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad for removal. Today, the U.S. has in a perverse way made Assad its partner ... well-polished speeches devoted to articulating principles that can apply to Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons as well as Gen. al-Sissi's entrenchment, the Arab-Israeli peace process

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01954618.pdf