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![UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi attends a press conference in the Syrian capital Damascus on November 1, 2013 prior to his visit to Lebanon. [/AFP/Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/186528218.jpg?itok=o2IYxmKN "UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi attends a press conference in the Syrian capital Damascus on November 1, 2013 prior to his visit to Lebanon. [/AFP/Getty Images]")
![Assad gives interview on upcoming meetings and possibility for re-election. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/000_assad_genevaII_AFP.jpg?itok=3P1Nl9Q_ "Assad gives interview on upcoming meetings and possibility for re-election. [AFP]")
