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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at an exclusive interview with AFP in the capital Damascus on February 11, 2016. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at an exclusive interview with AFP in the capital Damascus on February 11, 2016. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)
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Former Senior Fellow
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An Egyptian raises a cross made of palm leaves, originally intended for Palm Sunday celebrations, as he is being lifted by others at the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Alexandria, April 9, 2017. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
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An Egyptian raises a cross made of palm leaves, originally intended for Palm Sunday celebrations, as he is being lifted by others at the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Alexandria, April 9, 2017. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
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Former Senior Fellow
7 Min Read
Russia's president Vladimir Putin during a meeting with his envoy to the Volga Federal District, Alexander Yevstifeyev (not in picture) in the Kremlin. (Mikhail Klimentyev\TASS via Getty Images)
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Russia's president Vladimir Putin during a meeting with his envoy to the Volga Federal District, Alexander Yevstifeyev (not in picture) in the Kremlin. (Mikhail Klimentyev\TASS via Getty Images)
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Former Senior Fellow
6 Min Read
US President Donald Trump delivers a statement on Syria from the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, on April 6, 2017. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump delivers a statement on Syria from the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, on April 6, 2017. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
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michael_doran
michael_doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
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