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Today Syria is in desperate turmoil - an unfathomable tragedy for anyone who has followed the aspirations and dreams of a highly civilised and educated people over the past century. Written by a distinguished British-Syrian diplomat and journalist who has experience of life in the inside of the the Assad regimes, balanced by a cosmopolitan London-based perspective on the region's general history, this book delivers a rare understanding of Syria's turbulent history and the position she finds herself in today.

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Related by the distinguished Syrian diplomat, Ghayth Armanazi - no stranger to the corridors of power in 20th century Syria, this engagingly related history is presented with a deep personal understanding that gives the narrative authority and confidence. * Telegraph *

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Ghayth Armanazi studied at the American University of Beirut (AUB), the University of Colorado in the US and at London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), before embarking on a career which would see him combine diplomatic postings (the Arab League and the UAE embassy in London) with outspoken writing on current affairs. Through the course of the 1990s we was Head of the London Mission of the League of Arab States and In 2006/7 he headed the Syrian Media Centre in London. Today Ghayth continues to consult and write articles on the current situation in the Middle East for both the Arab and Western press and makes frequent appearances in the broadcast media.

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