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December 13, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/syrians-strike-to-pressure-assad-government/2011/12/12/gIQALlDhqO_story.html

Syrian Opposition Calls General Strike to Pressure Assad Government

(AP-Washington Post) Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Syrians closed their businesses and kept children home from school Monday in an open-ended general strike, designed to erode Assad's main base of support - the merchant classes. There were signs that the strike was being widely observed, particularly in centers of anti-government rallies.

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