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Inner Circle in Syria Holds Power, and Perhaps Peril

DAMASCUS, Syria -- The brother is an impetuous officer, who wields control over the praetorian Republican Guard. The sister is nicknamed "the Iron Lady." Her husband is a burly general who rose methodically through the ranks of Syria's feared intelligence services. Presiding over them is Bashar...
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By Anthony Shadid and Robin Wright