How Much Longer Will Bashar Assad’s Syrian Regime Last?
March 18, 2006
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I have stated in numerous previous Archive Prophecy Updates & Blogs that I did not believe Bashar Assad’s regime would last through 2007.
The important aspect of his regime’s demise is which section of Syrian society will replace it – the moderate or the extreme Islam factions. The initial regime that follows it may not stand very long, and we may end up with the Jihad advocates replacing them.
I have long believed Syria to be the most logical country for the antichrist to seize power.
The two articles which follow came from the Jerusalem Daily Alert Center.
The first is from Reuters by Paul Taylor. The second is from the New York Sun by Nibras Kazimi.
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Syri a Opposition Vows Unity to Oust Ass
ad
Paul Taylor
Exiled Syrian opposition leaders including former vice president Abdel-Halim Khaddam and the head of the Muslim Brotherhood said on Friday they were forming a united front to replace President Bashar al-Assad with democracy. “The Syrian people are fed up with the current situation and we expect that a lot of new circumstances will lead to the uprising of the Syrian people,” said Khaddam. (Reuters)
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Shabby Inheritance in Syria
Nibras Kazimi
Syria under Bashar Assad seems caught in a time warp.
On one hand, the Syrian citizen is allowed to receive a whole spectrum of information. Arabic and Lebanese dailies that run stories critical of the Syrian regime are sold on the streets unimpeded. Satellite TV has been available here for a decade. But at the same time, almost every shop bears the pictures of Papa Assad and his son, and almost every area of free wall space is painted with Ba’athist slogans. Wandering across large portions of Syria, the bitter aftertaste one is left with is that this country is in a very shabby state.
The Syrian regime seems brittle, and does not seem to inspire a base that would defend it.
This is good news for the handful of local democrats pushing back at the regime to gauge the limitations of freedom, but also for shadowy “Jihadists,” who may be preparing for a blitz of terror.
The current regime will not sustain a challenge from either, and it is now a question of who rises to the challenge first.
(New York Sun)
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The next 21 months in the Middle East are going to be setting the stage for the fulfillment of a lot of prophecy in the four years that follow.
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