The emerging approach could help slow the pace of upheaval to avoid further violence, the administration's top priority, and help preserve important strategic alliances. At the same time, the approach carries risk. Autocratic governments might not deliver on their reform promises, making Washington look like it was doing their bidding at the public's expense.
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Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, called the tribunal prosecuting suspects in former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri's assassination "politicised," saying it aims to pressure Lebanon's Hezbollah movement.
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Tehran, YJC. Lebanese leader's complicated safeguarding operations are headed by his son-in-law ABNA news agency reported.
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Syrian troops on Sunday seized full control of the rebel bastion Yabrud in the strategic Qalamun region near the Lebanese border, Syrian state media reported.
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Hezbollah Secretary General Seyed Hassan Nasrallah said Saudi Arabia is behind last month's twin bombing outside Iran's embassy in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
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Tehran, YJC. Iran's President Hassan Rouhani here on Saturday said dignity, unity and prosperity of Lebanon are hearty desires of the Iranian nation.
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The decision by Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group to join the civil war in neighboring Syria and fight along President Bashar Assad's forces was a historic and moral ``mistake'' toward the Syrian people, a leading Lebanese politician has said.
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Tehran, YJC. Foreign Minister says Iran will send a group to Lebanon to aid Lebanese authorities in interrogating Majed al-Majed.
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Indeed, administration officials say the White House is not "unconditionally" behind the monarchy in Bahrain, and has made clear that the U.S. expected to see quick progress on reforms and restraint by security forces.
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The Arab diplomats found a particularly receptive ear in the Pentagon. As Egypt began to sway, some U.S. military officers had doubts about the administration's approach. The U.S. military has strong ties with the country. Some worried that the U.S. was moving too quickly to push aside a steadfast ally and that radical change in Cairo could destabilize the region.
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