Mona Yacoubian on the Challenges Awaiting a Post-Assad Syria

December 10, 2024 00:11:52
Mona Yacoubian on the Challenges Awaiting a Post-Assad Syria
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Mona Yacoubian on the Challenges Awaiting a Post-Assad Syria

Dec 10 2024 | 00:11:52

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Show Notes

After the “stunning” collapse of the Assad regime, “the geostrategic stakes [in] Syria couldn’t be higher,” says USIP’s Mona Yacoubian. The question now on everyone’s mind is “Who rebuilds Syria? … The process [should] be Syrian-led and Syrian-owned.”

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