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BY SHELLY YANG

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Libyan dictator Muammar Gadhafi disappeared after rebels overtook Tripoli -- and for the rebels -- the future of Libya seems brighter. But is Syria next?

CNN points out -- Bashar al Assad’s government has already started to feel increased pressure.

“Yesterday the EU announced that a travel ban at Assad frees against 15 Syrian individuals and 5 Syrian companies. It’s stopped short however announcing that it would put a freeze on all imports of crude oil from Syria. That is a major cash earner for the regime of Bashar al Assad.”
 
And the Obama adminstration has issued repeated calls for Assad to step down. But The Financial Times suggests Assad does not have to fear Gaddafi’s fate.

“In truth, Mr Assad’s regime is much less likely to fall than that of Muammer Gaddafi: there have been no high-profile political or military defections, while Mr Assad remains relatively popular among senior military commanders, Syrian mosque clerics, the middle classes and business leaders.”
 
And according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency -- Syria has a unique geographic location that secures its stability.

“...there is great anxiety in the Middle East and around the world about what a post-Assad Syria might look like.That's not to say that either the Americans or Israelis have any affection for Assad, but the instability that doubtless would follow his ouster could prove complicated for a whole host of neighbors.”
 
When asked about the toppling of the dictatorship, one leader from the opposition group Syria National Congress says the country isn’t likely to go the way of Syria.

“We are happy to see the Libyan people they eventually could achieve this freedom they long for and I’m sure they are going to start their own process of building democracy. Now …we do not wish Syria to go that  way. We are insisting on peaceful protests.”

But in a scathing critique of what he calls western inaction -- The Daily Beast’s David Keyes writes -- protesters shouldn’t be underestimated.

“President Obama and President Assad should heed the warning of famed Syrian cyberdissident Rami Nakhle, who told me, ‘The army’s crackdown is not slowing [our] movement at all. People are just getting more angry.’... These days, one shouldn’t bet against angry Arab dissidents. They deserve to live without fear. They also deserve to be heard in the West—next time, before it’s too late.”

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