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'No obvious heir to Assad'

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Hillary Clinton has spoken out against President Assad, stating that Syria would be better off without him and that he has lost the legitimacy to lead. Jim Muir has been following events from Beirut, and former foreign office minister Kim Howells looks at what Britain can do.


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