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Bashar al-Assad Lost The Support of Aleppo’s Wealthy When the Shelling Started

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Aleppo’s upper classes no longer support Syria’s leader, but they have not embraced the rebels, writes Mike Giglio.

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Issam Jouma used to be a supporter of the Syrian regime. He lived in Aleppo, the country’s commercial capital, and the center of much of its wealth.

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