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Syria former prime minister: Regime is on the brink of collapse

Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab, seen here in 2008, has defected to the opposition, a monitoring group said, as state media announced the premier's abrupt dismissal just two months after his appointment. (AFP Photo/Louai Beshara)

Syria‘s former prime minister, Riyad Hijab, has claimed Bashar al-Asssad’s regime is on the point of collapse, having lost control of two-thirds of the country, as he called on other top officials to follow his example and defect. In his first public appearance since he fled Damascus with his family…

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Tens of thousands rally across Yemen

SANAA — Tens of thousands of Yemenis demonstrated after the main weekly Muslim prayers around the country on Friday to demand that veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh step down. In the capital, thousands poured into a main square near Sanaa University, many of them women, chanting “Out, out!” and “God…

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