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Assad after bombing: A million little pieces?
The dramatic assassination of top Syrian security chiefs comes as the regime’s support crumbles from within.

BEIRUT – In the hours after the biggest security breach in the Assad dictatorship’s four-decade rule, the Syrian regime took to the airwaves in a desperate quest to reassure supporters. But insiders tell GlobalPost that the damage is already done.

- Hugh Macleod and Annasofie Flamand, Beirut with a reporter in Syria
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End game in Syria?
The assassination of Assad’s brother-in-law, along with two senior generals, is a “tremendous blow.”
- Hugh Macleod and Annasofie Flamand
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Not taking any chances, Israel convenes military bosses
Israel fears collapse of Syrian regime could mean a second volatile border and increased jihadist threat.
- Noga Tarnopolsky
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Syrian activists say it's too early to celebrate
The Damascus bombing that killed top Syrian officials met with both joy and skepticism among Syrian activists.
- Erin Cunningham
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Syria's Plan B: An Allawite state?
Syria insiders say Assad's regime is driving Sunnis east as it tries to carve out a breakaway Allawite state.
- Hugh Macleod and Annasofie Flamand
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  1. Assad after bombing: A million little pieces?

  2. End game in Syria?

  3. Syrian activists say it's too early to celebrate

  4. Not taking any chances, Israel convenes military bosses

  5. Syria's Plan B: An Allawite state?