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In Syria, the U.S. Reverses Course
Jul 20, 2017 | 18:09 GMT
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Forecast Highlights
- The end of a CIA program for training and equipping rebels is a strategic shift by the United States in its approach to the Syrian civil war as it looks beyond the inevitable conventional defeat of the Islamic State.
- Such a shift, however, even if it leads to less violence in the short term, is unlikely to secure a stable Syria.
- Syria will remain a hotbed of unrest and conflict, a situation that the Islamic State will exploit to rebuild and other extremists will use to form new militant groups.
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