Mona Yacoubian on the Assad Regime’s Hold in Syria

March 13, 2023 00:07:07
Mona Yacoubian on the Assad Regime’s Hold in Syria
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Mona Yacoubian on the Assad Regime’s Hold in Syria

Mar 13 2023 | 00:07:07

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Show Notes

After 12 years of extraordinary brutality and humanitarian suffering, the Assad regime remains entrenched in Syria. With no solution in sight, there is regional momentum toward normalization as countries have “made the calculation that he’s here at least for the foreseeable future,” says USIP’s Mona Yacoubian.

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