TEHRAN, April 10 (UPI) --

artappraiser — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:48:08 +0000

TEHRAN, April 10 (UPI) -- Iran Sunday accused Jordan and Saudi Arabia of being behind the wave of anti-government protests in Syria.

"A probe into the root causes of the latest events in Syria shows that the revolt is mainly supported by Saudi Arabia and Jordan," Iran's Press TV said.

In an effort to justify the accusations, Press TV noted the anti-regime protests began in the southern Syrian city of Daraa, which is located near the border with Jordan.

"Daraa is the birthplace of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood, which has close ties to the people in the Syrian city," the report said.....
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SYRIA: Student reportedly

artappraiser — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:21:57 +0000

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SYRIA: Student reportedly shot, killed; Muslim Brotherhood throws support behind protests (with video)
By Meris Lutz in Beirut, Babylon & Beyond @ Los Angeles Times, April 11, 2011 | 11:30 PST

If Assad falls, we will see all the region's alliances unravel
Syria's president is not the only one nervously monitoring the protests. Regime change there will reshape the Middle East
By Patrick Seale, Comment is Free @ guardian.co.uk, 11 April 2011

....If the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad fails to reassert its authority, and is instead brought down or merely enfeebled by a prolonged period of popular agitation, the geopolitical implications could be considerable. Syria's allies – the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Shia resistance movement Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Hamas government in Gaza – would all come under pressure. For all three, loss of Syrian support would be painful.

Israel would no doubt view such a development with great satisfaction. It has long sought to disrupt the Tehran-Damascus-Hezbollah-Hamas axis....But Israel's feelings might be tempered by fear that Assad could be replaced by an Islamist regime, even more threatening to its interests and security....

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SYRIA: Student reportedly