(CNN) -- Dictators around the Middle East should pay close attention to the fate of Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, opposition activists from Syria and Yemen said Thursday as reports of Gadhafi's death flashed across the world. "This is a lesson for all dictatorships: The clear fate of all who kill his people is to end up under the feet of the nation," said Omar Al-Muqdad, a Syrian opposition activist in exile in Turkey. View a gallery of leaders caught up in the Arab Spring The opposition Syrian National Assembly "blesses the Libyan people that got rid of an infamous dictator such as Gadhafi," he said.
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"This is a lesson for all dictatorships," a Syrian opposition leader says
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"I hope Ali Abdullah Saleh is watching the news closely," blogger says of Yemen leader
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Moammar Gadhafi's death could have ripple efects through the region, Mideast analyst says
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Yemen and Syria are closer to change than Bahrain and Iran, expert says
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"There are local factors in Syria that are going to make it much more difficult to have an effect -- the middle classes in @placeholder have yet to really throw their lot in with the opposition," he said.