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Antony Blinken meets with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Turkey on December 12, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
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Syrians living in Turkey celebrate with opposition flags after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted Bashar al-Assad on December 8, 2024, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Burak Kara via Getty Images)
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A crucifix is pictured outside the Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Aleppo, Syria, on December 12, 2024. (Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images)
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People celebrate at Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria, on December 8, 2024. (Louai Beshara/AFP via Getty Images)
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Turkish soldiers on a tank sit opposite the town of Ain al-Arab, Syria, on October 11, 2014. (Aris Messinis via Getty Images)
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Israeli soldiers receive a briefing near the border with the Gaza Strip on December 5, 2024, in Southern Israel. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
