What's going on in Syria?
By Olivier Guitta
Syria is at the crossroads. A perfect storm is gathering above Damascus.
For proof from The Croissant come 2 interesting stories from usually well-informed Kuwaiti Al Seyassah :
1- Syria’s plan to avoid indictment for Hariri’s assassination
There is an opportunity for Syria to execute Ghazalé [Who is Rustom Ghazalé? Was the Syrian ruler of Lebanon from 2002 to 2005. Is allegedly implicated in the assassination of Rafic Hariri, on Damascus’ order] and thus stop the international investigation in the assassination of Rafic Hariri.
The Arab press has been talking for the past few days about a solution “a la Lockerbie,” i.e. as Colonel Kadhafi did after a 10 year embargo on Libya: Damascus sacrifices officers having served in Lebanon, in order to escape the International Court.
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2-The Shiite Iranian Revolution comes to Syria
Bashar Al Assad fears for the stability of his regime. Therefore he replaced his close guards and the presidential guard by Iranian elements of Pasdarans [Revolutionary Guards], trusted and faithful Hezbollah men.
More than 100,000 Iranians settled in Syria during the last 4 years with the complicity of the Alawite minority [sect of the Assad family]. They are mercenaries; they work for the regime.
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