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America’s Dirty Secret in Syria: A De Facto Alliance With Assad

IN ASSAD WE TRUST

The Kurdish forces the U.S. works with against ISIS are now fighting a pitched battle with Turkey—and turning to the Damascus regime for help.

Roy Gutman
Roy Gutman
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