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Pro-regime Syrian Demonstrators Break Into U.S. Embassy in Damascus | Three days after U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford spent time surveying protests in the opposition center of Hama, pro-regime demonstrators broke into the U.S. embassy in Damascus. Ford, whose recess appointment marked the return of a U.S. envoy to Syria, responded to allegations of “interference” in Syrian affairs with a harsh English and Arabic note on Facebook. Pro-regime demonstrators broke windows at the embassy and, before exiting the compound, left graffiti calling Ford a “dog“.

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