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The CIA’s Syria Program and the Perils of Proxies
SHADOW WAR
After fighting al Qaeda and its affiliates for a decade and a half, the CIA is now helping them gain ground in Syria.
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
Nathaniel Barr
Published
Jan. 19 2016
12:01AM EST
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