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"With sectarian tensions on the rise and the durability of local ceasefires very much in question, the time for even more assertive U.S. action is now," writes @Andrewtabler. www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/making-sure-damascus-learns-right-lessons-suwayda-clashes
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"Learning the right lessons from Suwayda will be key to fulfilling President Trump’s commerce-focused goal of helping the new Syria 'shine'," writes @Andrewtabler. www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/making-sure-damascus-learns-right-lessons-suwayda-clashes
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Charles Lister
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Conflict in #Suwayda saw #Syria's overall level of violence explode last week, but violence elsewhere in #Syria was *by a huge margin* the lowest since #Assad's fall.
Implication -- #Syria's unresolved territorial issues are vital to long-term stability.
www.syriaweekly.com/p/weekly-data-update-july-15-22-2025
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The world stays silent as jihadists and regime forces massacre and torture innocent Druze civilians in Syria.
The international community must wake up.
@MEMRIReports detailed the systematic atrocities against the Druze in Syria in a shocking new report: www.memri.org/reports/systematic-atrocities-against-druze-swaida-syria-july-2025-%E2%80%93-warning-graphic pic.x.com/lofnWxewLk
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