Mona Yacoubian on Arab Normalization with Syria’s Assad

June 06, 2023 00:09:56
Mona Yacoubian on Arab Normalization with Syria’s Assad
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Mona Yacoubian on Arab Normalization with Syria’s Assad

Jun 06 2023 | 00:09:56

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Show Notes

Many Arab countries have concluded that President Bashar al-Assad is entrenched power and that they’ll need his cooperation to address challenges like refugees and the illicit drug trade. In Washington, there is no appetite to normalize with Assad. “I think ultimately what we see is just a fundamental tension between the need for accountability and fatigue in the region,” USIP’s Mona Yacoubian says.

 

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