Can Assad surrender all for survival?
20th Sep 2005, 21:33 GMT
When Lebanese police arrested four former army and intelligence chiefs last month, Arab commentators quickly concluded that something profoundly significant was happening - not just for Lebanon, but for the whole Arab world.
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