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Syrians Are Wise Not to Count on ‘Abu Ivanka’

Fool Me Once

Six years of brutal war and dashed expectations from the U.S. leave most anti-Assad rebels skeptical of man they call ‘Abu Ivanka.’

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Khalil Ashawi / Reuters

Syrians seem to have learned at last the most important lesson in geopolitics: when to be cynical about American intentions.

The Trump administration’s airstrikes on Bashar al-Assad’s Shayrat air base after Assad’s suspected use of the nerve agent sarin against the people of Khan Sheikhoun was followed by an instant round...

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