Assad can be removed, but what comes after him?

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TEL AVIV – Of all the unknowns surrounding the conflict in Syria, the most complex puzzle is what would happen if President Bashar al-Assad loses power.

On the surface, it seems obvious that the world would be a safer place without a terror-financing dictator who used chemical weapons on his own people and in charge of a major Middle Eastern country.

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