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Poll: Assad’s Popularity Dries Up in Arab World
October 27, 2011 · Mustapha Hamoui
The Arab American Institute, summarizing their “Arab Attitudes Toward Syria: 2011” survey:
Just three years ago, we polled in 11 Arab countries asking respondents to name a leader they most respected. In five of these countries, Bashar Al Assad ranked among the top three mentioned — the only Arab leader to be mentioned in more than two states. As the results presented below make clear today, support for Al Assad has virtually dried up. […]
Most telling is the scant support the Syrian leader receives in Lebanon. […] In questions dealing with the Syrian leader, it is clear that whatever support he might have commanded in the past is now gone.
The most shocking to me is that he had popularity to begin with.. Read the rest here, and make sure to check the poll results in PDF.