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Despite the end of the 48-year state of emergency, signed this week by President Bashar al-Assad, protests were continuing Friday. It is just one more outward sign of the sinking faith in the regime’s durability. Decrees are signed, but “security forces don’t obey the law,” says one Syrian commentator on the Internet.
Indeed, some now believe that inside the regime, the President isn’t as powerful as he might seem. One activist said: “We wonder who really makes decisions in this country.”
