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"It will hit them right in the pocketbook—cripple the state, but without wiping out society," said Andrew Tabler , a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Syria Opposition Meets With Clinton Nour Malas 2011

Andrew Tabler of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy believes Assad will continue to try and shoot his way out of the crisis Reforms he promised in the past were not credible.

Evelyn Leopold: West Dares Russia to Block Syria Action at UN - Moscow Does Just That. Evelyn Leopold 2012

Mr. Assad's forces appear to be increasingly resorting to a brutal game of whack-a-mole by relying on increasingly heavy weaponry, said Andrew Tabler, a Syrian expert at the Washington Institute for Near Policy, referring to the carnival game where players bash a mole which rears its head from one hole, only to see it pop up from another.

U.S. Steps Up Pressure to Oust Assad Charles Levinson 2012

"With more and more sanctions being put in place, oil sales could emerge as one of the last pillars stabilizing the Assad government," said Andrew Tabler, a Syria expert at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

U.S. Pushes to Try Syria Regime Jay Solomon 2011

"What's going to happen now is everyone is going to back whoever they want to back, with the Iranians and the Russians backing the regime, and the Turks and the Arabs betting on their guys in the opposition," Mr. Tabler said.

U.S. Steps Up Pressure to Oust Assad Charles Levinson 2012

The failure of a UN resolution, warn experts like Andrew Tabler of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, could lead to regional and global powers starting a proxy war by aiding different factions inside Syria, worsening the situation.

Jayshree Bajoria: Syria's Deepening Crisis Jayshree Bajoria 2012

Robert Tabler would rather be paid for his expertise in disaster management.

POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: July 28, 2009 2009

"This threatens to supercharge Ramadan," said Andrew Tabler, a fellow at the Washington Institute think tank in the U.S. The situation is especially sensitive in Hama because of the shelling of the city in 1982 on the order of Mr. Assad's father Hafez to put down an armed Islamist uprising—a crackdown that killed at least 10,000 people.

Syria Launches 'Horrifying' Raids 2011

The failure of a UN resolution, warn experts like Andrew Tabler of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, could lead to regional and global powers starting a proxy war by aiding different factions inside Syria, worsening the situation.

Jayshree Bajoria: Syria's Deepening Crisis Jayshree Bajoria 2012

"With more and more sanctions being put in place, oil sales could emerge as one of the last pillars stabilizing the Assad government," said Andrew Tabler, a Syria expert at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

U.S. Pushes to Try Syria Regime Jay Solomon 2011