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Syria: Everyone Else’s Battleground, In Both War and Peace

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09.25.2018 at 05:09pm

Syria: Everyone Else’s Battleground, In Both War and Peace by Angela Charlton – AP Backgrounder

As world leaders talk peace at the U.N. this week, the people of Idlib cling to fragile hope that diplomacy will avert a blowout battle over Syria’s last rebel stronghold.

Yet diplomacy hasn’t served Syria well so far. Those same world powers trying to negotiate a peaceful outcome in Idlib have been using Syria as a proxy battleground for years.

Here’s a look at the conflicting objectives of countries near and far with a stake in Syria’s future, as Idlib holds its breath and the seven-year civil war approaches a likely end…

Continue on for summaries of what countries want out of war in Syria.

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