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Witness warns Russia is reconsolidating influence in Syria and urges broader U.S. engagement
Summary
An unidentified speaker said a year after Assad's fall Russia is reasserting influence in Syria and urged the United States to expand economic, diplomatic and cultural ties, appoint a full-time Syrian envoy and help Syria build ‘guardrails’ to limit Russian involvement.
An unidentified speaker delivering testimony warned that, a year after the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Russia is reasserting its influence in Syria and urged the United States to broaden its approach beyond military measures.
"We're now 1 year into the fall of Assad, and I think we can all agree that the outcome isn't quite what many of us had hoped," the speaker said, warning that "Russia's position in Syria temporarily weakened with the fall of Assad, but this brief window may now be closing." The speaker summarized his view bluntly: "Russia remains part of the…
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