What future for Syria: Assad still in charge 10 years after the uprising
By France24
19 March 2021 |
8:12 am
What does the future hold for Bashar al-Assad's Syria? On the 10th anniversary of the start of the protests that would turn into an uprising and a long-drawn civil war, the regime is still there but with a rump state dependent on foreign backing.
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