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Arab States Weekly Review Feb 23rd – Mar 1st 2013

The National Salvation Front, a combination of Egyptian opposition parties, has decided to boycott the parliamentary elections on April 22nd. The move will likely ensure that Islamist parties retain control of the legislature. The group’s spokesman said the poll would not be fair.

A string of missile attacks carried out by the Syrian government killed 141 people in Aleppo, according to Human Rights Watch.