EU diplomats ponder if Syria next to fall

EUObserver reports on the incidence of social unrest in Syria, March 2011, in the wake of similar unrest in other countries of the region.

EU ambassadors in Damascus were said to be preparing a report on the ‘million dollar question’ of whether President Bashir al-Assad's regime would be next in line to fall in a popular uprising.

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Deutsche Welle, 27.3.11: Syria lifts emergency law as EU condemns violence http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14945724,00.html

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