Political Comment (21 May 2012)

 

If the Syrian regime is looking shaky, the opposition is looking downright chaotic. Talk of greater integration amongst the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council has elicited an angry response in Tehran. Syria has given an unconventional account of the results of its recent parliamentary election, while Algerians have returned the FLN to power. Iraq is pressing ahead with the trial in absentia of Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi.

 

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