Next civil war in Syria

Following mass protests in the southern Syrian city of Daraa, the regime had its tanks shoot at protesters for the first time on Monday. The left-liberal daily Der Standard is convinced Syria will be the next country to be gripped by civil war: "It was Hosni Mubarak of all people who once told a foreign visitor back in the 1990s that if Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime were to be toppled it would mean toppling ... hundreds if not thousands of party liners as well. Many see the situation in Syria as similar and this means that these hundreds and thousands and all their clients whose existence depends on hanging on to their positions of power will fight. We can see in Libya what the result could be. And despite the escalating revolts there are still many people in Syria who are not for but against the movement. This means: if history doesn't take a completely different direction Syria could become the next country to plunge into civil war in the region."

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