http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/patrick_seale en http://www.newstatesman.com/200606050016 http://www.newstatesman.com/200606050016 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:00:00 GMT Patrick Seale Authoritarian and anti-western, Syria stands alongside Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas in defying US ambitions for the Middle East. But a UN report on the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, due out this month, could bring the regime to its knees. Patrick Seale on the linchpin to the battle for a region in turmoil

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