Residents of the Syrian village of Treimsa gather around the vehicles of UN observers upon their arrival to investigate an attack on the village.
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In Syria, uncertainty about the future of the country looms after bomb blasts in Damascus reportedly killed at least three members of Syrian President Bashar al Assad's inner circle yesterday.
From Cairo to Washington, officials expressed confidence that this latest violence will have repercussions — although it is still difficult to say exactly what those will be. White House officials have reportedly began working on contingency plans in the event of the regime's collapse.
Meanwhile, the UN is scheduled to vote today on a resolution that would threaten sanctions to try to push the Assad regime to implement Kofi Annan's peace plan. Sarab Al-Jijakli, co-founder of National Alliance for Syria, and Babak Dehghanpisheh, Middle East correspondent for the Washington Post, look at where this new violence leaves the regime and the opposition.
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What a mess... It is like a bar brawl and The Security of The Bar (U.S. - Russia and a mess of others have taken sides and aren't caring about the other patrons who just came in for a cocktail.
It is time to begin discussions on a safe haven for those who support the Assad regime. Christians, Druze, Alawites, and Shiites all help prop up the current regime because they are afraid of retribution, once the Assad regime falls. The south western coast of Syria, above Lebanon has large concentrations of many of these populations and may be a place for such a refuge. This would be both a humanitarian gesture and also take away one of the props of the current regime.
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