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Missteps in the Syrian Opposition's Propaganda Effort

Dec 14, 2011 | 12:47 GMT

Syrian blogger Amjad Balazy at the Foreign Ministry in The Hague on Dec. 9

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Summary

Syrian opposition groups are mounting a propaganda campaign to create the impression that the Alawite community is splintering and that the Syrian regime is internally cracking. While the opposition has done a better job of organizing itself in recent months, the propaganda effort has been hampered by recent missteps and suffers from a lack of credibility and coordination.

Syria's multipolar opposition appears more coherent than it was three months ago, but its efforts to shape the narrative emerging from Syria reveal its continued struggles....

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