Syria's murmurings of protests last week have not yet materialized, nor led to any significant gestures from the country's leadership. However, the government has lifted its longstanding ban on Facebook and Youtube. That may be enough, at least temporarily, to satisfy demands for greater freedom and civil rights. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has enough local popularity that, coupled with rigid government control and a far-reaching security apparatus, make it unlikely he could face trouble staying in power.
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Countries in the Middle East where the 'winds of change' are blowing
Those who said that 'winds of change' were blowing through the Middle East were right. The past two months have seen a series of stunning political shifts across the region and are now reverberating along the North African coast, through the Gulf, and up into the Levant. Here is a look at where those 'winds of change' are taking us.
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