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Oudeh Basharat
Syrian Vice President Farouk Shara has finally turned up, ending weeks of uncertainty. The opposition had claimed that he defected, and the regime denied the charge. His silent, pale appearance on Sunday was proof that he was still vice president, but only God knows where he was being led, we hope not to prison in Mazeh, a Damascus suburb. No one steps down in Bashar Assad's special form of democracy: They are...
