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Damascus May Get a Deal, But Can the Regime Survive It?
(Daily Star-Lebanon) Rami G. Khouri - Syria is in much deeper trouble than it seems to acknowledge. Assad and the Syrian government are being squeezed into a diplomatic corner, isolated and pressured politically, and are having their sovereignty slowly whittled away. UN Security Council Resolution 1636 was adopted unanimously, under Chapter VII of the UN Charter that requires mandatory compliance and authorizes enforcement measures. The unanimous nature of the resolution must be seen in light of another important development: The U.S. has started to scale back its unilateral military approach and instead is selectively using a much more multilateral approach, anchored in working with the Europeans and through the Security Council.