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New Atlanticist
Dec 8, 2024
Experts react: Rebels have toppled the Assad regime. What’s next for Syria, the Middle East, and the world?
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Atlantic Council experts
Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has been ousted as opposition forces quickly took the Syrian capital. Atlantic Council experts share their insights on the developments.

MENASource
Dec 10, 2024
Where Syria goes next after the fall of Assad
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Frederic C. Hof
With the Assad family agone, Syria, at long last, has a chance to achieve the kind of political transition envisioned by the 2012 Geneva Final Communique and UNSCR 2254.

New Atlanticist
Dec 10, 2024
A blueprint for bringing about a new Syria
By
Kirsten Fontenrose
For a reconstruction strategy in Syria to be effective, all parties must adopt a unified approach that is clear-eyed about the country’s new leaders.
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