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July 7, 2021

Normalizing Syria Only Gives More Power to Iran

And increases the dangers to Israel and the U.S.

In the early years of the Syrian Civil War, Bashar al-Assad’s barbarous assault on his own people made him something of a pariah among Arab states—and Western ones as well. But now that most of the fighting is over, and the chances that Assad might fall are slim, countries that once tried to isolate the Syrian regime now seem to believe they must make their peace with it. Egypt led the way by calling in March for Damascus’s return to the Arab League, and the United Arab Emirates has been moving in a similar direction. Jonathan Spyer sees dangers in letting Syria back into the community of nations:

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