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Delusions of Damascus

By Sean Durns
Published November 17, 2021 11:00am ET
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Delusions of Damascus
In this photo released on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with Iran's Al Alam TV, in Damascus, Syria. Assad says Iran's presence in Syria and its relations with Damascus are not negotiable and repeated the assertion that Iran has no fixed bases in Syria. | (SANA via AP)

Bashar Assad is being rehabilitated.

The Syrian dictator is quietly being welcomed back into the international community. The United States and its Arab allies might regret it.

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