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Bashar al-Assad
What does HTS’s governance record tell us?
The country’s massive assault on Syrian sovereignty at a time of crisis is framed as an act of self-defense
It is too early to speak of Putin’s strategic defeat
Xi has given Assad strong diplomatic and political support, while offering to help him rebuild his war-torn country
Assad, for all his many flaws, was also seen in Washington as a counterbalance to the jihadists that would take over the country
Syria never became a great patriotic project for his Kremlin
Abu Muhammad al-Julani decoupled his movement from al-Qaeda and rebranded it in more moderate colors in 2016
