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...year after his humiliation, Assad is stronger than ever
Atop a gray bluff overlooking Damascus, a palace of splendid proportions is slowly rising. When it is finished, it will be the residence of Syrian President Hafez Assad. The lofty home is testament to the adroit ways of Assad, a onetime air force commander who has dived and climbed his way through the stormy skies of Arab politics for 13 years. It is also something more: a gleaming symbol of Assad's faith in his future as a major powerbroker in the Middle East...
...Assad's confidence is not misplaced...
...year after Israel's humiliation of Syria during the invasion of Lebanon, Assad has rebuilt not only his country's armed forces but its image and its diplomatic position. Far from humbled, he has acquired a decisive voice in the future of Lebanon and of the Palestinian movement. At home, thanks to a steel-fisted grip that has squelched most of the opposition to his regime, Assad is more secure than at any other time in his 13 years in office...
...Special Envoy Robert McFarlane is expected to carry to Syria on his first swing through the region this week, meeting with Jordan's King Hussein and Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, among others. There is no indication, however, that the argument will change Syrian President Hafez Assad's mind...