Assad issued a general amnesty Tuesday for prisoners that includes those deemed to have committed political “crimes” as pressure built from a 10-week-old uprising that his regime has failed to quell with overwhelming military force.
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Assad claimed the country's “crisis” is drawing to a close even as forces unleashed tank shells on opponents Wednesday and US sanctions took aim at the Syrian leader and his senior aides for their brutal crackdowns.
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