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Syrian defection
In protest of the brutal government of Bashar al-Assad, more and more Syrian officials are joining the opposition government. Most recently, Abdu Hussameldin, a senior official of Syria's Oil Ministry defected to the opposition. While Hussameldin's defection is not crippling to the regime itself, it marks a moral and political inspiration to other defectors. Analysts believe this is only the beginning of the defections.
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