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Support for Assad Government Shows Signs of Weakening

(New York Times) Anthony Shadid and Steven Lee Myers - Cracks have begun to emerge in the Syrian leadership, dissidents and analysts say, with signs of flagging support of the business elite in Damascus, divisions among senior officials, and even moves by former government stalwarts to distance themselves from the regime. "They're starting to be divided, and you have people in the government who are really getting frustrated with Assad and his security circles," an Obama administration official in Washington said. In Damascus this week, 41 former Baathists and government officials announced an initiative for a political transition, led by Mohammed Salman, a former information minister.

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