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Yezid Sayigh

Yezid Sayigh is a senior associate at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut.

A soldier stands in front of a mural depicting Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak (R), former Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (C) and Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi drawn on the wall of the presidential palace in Cairo December 12, 2012. Egypt's liberal and secular opposition said on Wednesday it would back a "no" vote in a referendum on a divisive new constitution promoted by Islamist President Mursi, calling off a boycott as long as safeguards are in place for a fair vote. REUTERS/Khaled Abdu

Morsi and Egypt's Military

Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas holds up a letter to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon requesting Palestinian statehood at the 66th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York September 23, 2011. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

Palestine to Bid For Observer Status at UN General Assembly

Egypt's Islamist President-elect Mohamed Mursi looks at the crowd that had gathered for his speech in Cairo's Tahrir Square June 29, 2012. Mursi took an informal oath of office on Friday before tens of thousands of supporters in Cairo's Tahrir Square, in a slap at the generals trying to limit his power. REUTERS/Egyptian Presidency/Handout (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXA

Morsi Versus the Military Council

Syrian and Lebanese protesters chant slogans against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a protest organized by Sunni Muslim Salafist group in solidarity with Syria's anti-government protesters, in Wadi Khaled village, north Lebanon April 1, 2012. REUTERS/Roula Naeimeh (LEBANON - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS RELIGION)

Is Direct Syrian Intervention In Lebanon Inevitable?