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File picture dated September 5, 2004 of Izzat Al-Douri, who had been the most senior aide to Saddam Hussein. (Reuters)
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File picture dated September 5, 2004 of Izzat Al-Douri, who had been the most senior aide to Saddam Hussein. (Reuters)
Iraqi Ba’athists among ISIS Emir’s top aides—source
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former senior Iraqi military officers and members of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein’s now-outlawed Ba’ath Party are among Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Emir Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s top aides, a member of the party told...Caption:
A Syrian carries a revolution flag during a Friday protest in Aleppo, Syria, where young people and children sang songs against Bashar Assad and the Syrian regime, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012.(AP Photo/Virginie Nguyen Hoang)
Opinion: A Shower of Spokesmen
We, the Syrian people, have grown accustomed to seeing the Ba’athist regime speaking for us, without anybody authorizing it or assigning it the task. We have also grown accustomed to seeing it blame us for its own stupidity and malpractice, although we have long...Caption:
Members of ‘Free Men of Syria’ (Ahrar Suriya) brigade, operating under the Free Syrian Army, gesture and hold their weapons as they head in a convoy to Sadd al-Shouhadaa on the Euphrates river in the eastern countryside of Aleppo to declare the formation of the Eastern Front August 18, 2013. REUTERS/Muzaffar Salman
Debate: The West never stood with the Syrian opposition
From the time it came to power in Syria in a military coup on March 8, 1963, the pan-Arab Ba’ath party has endeavored to alter the social makeup of Syria. The authorities put Syrians under pressure, prompting many to leave the country, while others were assassinated...Caption:
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