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The Russians of said that the rebels may win, but that does not signify that they will roll over on Bashar. Moscow remains unwilling to recognize the new National Coalition, which would allow the US to take it to the Security Council of the UN for international recognition to replace Assad’s government. Such recognition would […]http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/audio/video/2012/12/13/1355423655942/A-Syrian-civilian-falls-d-015.jpg