Defying Crackdown, Syria Protesters Return to Streets in Stalemated Contest of Wills BEIRUT — The government and its opponents in Syria claimed victories on Friday in a relentless contest of wills whose stalemate may deprive both of a decisive blow in the two-month uprising against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. Thousands of protesters defied a ferocious crackdown and returned to the stree
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