Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to introduce reforms in his country, but there have been violent crackdowns in recent days with reports that Syrian secret police have broken up protests in Damascus. Joshua Landis is the Director of the Centre for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma and the author of the Syria Comment blog. He helps analyze the latest news out of Syria.
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