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Rodger Shanahan

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Opposition supporters carry opposition flags along the Al-Hamidiyeh market inside the old walled city in the Syrian capital, Damascus

The vexed conundrum facing Syria’s new regime

Preferencing Islamist rule in a multi-faith state cannot be done without consigning some to subordinate status – and there are some early signs of that disconnect.

October 2019

Turkey takes control of a Kurdish town

Trump hands Syria an easy win

The Kurds will have to make their peace with Bashar al-Assad. The West will worry about ISIS fighters becoming bargaining chips.

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