Mona Yacoubian on the Regional Reverberations of Assad’s Fall

December 18, 2024 00:10:33
Mona Yacoubian on the Regional Reverberations of Assad’s Fall
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Mona Yacoubian on the Regional Reverberations of Assad’s Fall

Dec 18 2024 | 00:10:33

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Show Notes

The fall of Assad is “nothing short of a tectonic shift in power” across the Middle East, with Iran emerging as “the biggest loser” and Turkey “positioned to be a big winner,” says USIP’s Mona Yacoubian. But “the situation is going to bear very close watching … the stakes in Syria aren’t just regional, they’re global.”

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