All the pieces that brought down Syrias Assad

The triumph of the Islamic insurgency that ousted Syria’s dictator-for-life Bashar al-Assad resulted not only from the weakness of  Syria’s own army but also the unwillingness of allies Iran, the Lebanese militia Hezbollah and Russia to help in an hour of need. A decade ago, those three allies aided Assad in fighting off an armed […]
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