Where Assad appears
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ent Assad was obstinate, and publicly opposed to the idea of making peace with Israel. But he’d been in power for more than two decades and, crucially for Rabin, had lived up to the few, indirect agreements Israel had made with him. The sub...
… Negotiations to bridge it were likely to be fraught and long. So he’d decided to begin with Syria. President Assad was obstinate, and publicly opposed to the idea of making peace with Israel. But he’d been in power for more than two decade...
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…rogress. In December, Rabin proposed to the Americans that I meet with a Syrian representative, and President Assad agreed. Later that month, I was sent to Washington for talks with Syria’s ambassador, Walid Muallem. With the Americans’ Mid...
which means Assad is equally likely to kill any number of
…mposed sanctions — mostly travel bans and asset freezes — on certain key regime officials while exempting Mr. Assad. Only later did they add his name to the list. The rhetoric is stiffening. On Thursday Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Cli...
a top aide to President Assad who had been working with
That meant Assad’s main concern was to ensure broad support, or at least acquiescence, from top military and party figures. In Israel, however, every sign of a concession would risk igniting charges that we were “selling out” to Syria. The...
…ibility to support the other. With President Clinton looking on, I steered Arafat toward the window of the ambassador’s fifth-floor apartment. “Look down,” I said. “Imagine that we each have parachutes, and we’re going to jump together. But...
Assad is believed to have stored bulk chemical agents and filled (or quickly filled) shells and bombs in underground bunkers at multiple sites throughout the country. Moreover
the Assads have treated their chemical arsenal with considerable care. But as the country potentially descends into chaos
…ment must do a better job organizing and convincing the world that it is more or less ready to take over once Assad falls. For that
short of bombing Damascus or sending arms. That all eyes are currently on Assad is certainly bad news for the dictator.
they are extremely vulnerable and at the mercy of Assad’s tanks and security forces
the ruler of Syria is in deep trouble. It may be only a matter of time before Assad falls
as Mr Assad defies the west with ease. As elsewhere in the Middle East
I saw no reason not to do this. If only because of Assad’s failing health
the focus did finally shift to the Syrians. President Assad suddenly
which I knew Assad had said he considered rightfully Syrian during talks
… knew, from my involvement in the talks with the Syrians, that the outline of a possible peace agreement with Assad was already in place. I frankly wasn’t confident that Bibi was the man to lead it forward. Yes, he was smart. He was organiz...
