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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrives to greet his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy in Damascus on September 3, 2008
Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2011

Open quoteWe need actions now, not promises. [Bashar Assad] has a chance to control the situation if he enacts reform immediately and seriously.Close quote

  • AMMAR QURABI,
  • head of Syria's National Organization for Human Rights; the Syrian President, who is expected to speak to the nation soon, has accepted the resignations of his Cabinet
Photo: Louai Beshara / AFP / Getty Images | Source: FT