Event Details
February 12, 2013
Description
Syrian opposition fighters making significant gains on the battlefield.
Participants (2)
| Name | Type | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syrian opposition fighters | organization | 6 | View Entity |
| Bashar al-Assad | person | 83 | View Entity |
Source Documents (1)
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This document page, marked with a House Oversight Bates number, contains text from two separate geopolitical articles. The first is a commentary by British writer Patrick Seale advocating for the US to engage with Iran and noting Iran's defensive posture regarding Israel. The second is the beginning of a Washington Post article by David Ignatius dated February 12, 2013, discussing the Syrian civil war and gains made by opposition fighters against the Assad regime.
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