Why the Russians Aren’t Likely to Break With Assad

Why the Russians Aren’t Likely to Break With Assad
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By punishing Syria for its use of chemical weapons, President Donald Trump effectively broke with Barack Obama's foreign policy toward the Middle East. In a bit of irony for a committed anti-interventionist, Trump enforced Obama's red line in Syria against the use of chemical weapons, ending the U.S. prohibition on military strikes targeting the regime of Bashar al-Assad. This is not necessarily the start of a larger American war in Syria, but it could be the beginning of the end of the Syrian conflict.

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