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Created: 2025-07-17 05:00:12 UTC

In the short term, the strikes are likely to weaken Ahmed al-Sharaa as well as make it harder for Syria and Israel to reconcile, as America has been pushing them to do. But it is also likely to foment more instability in Syria

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