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SUMMARY:Inside Syria
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DESCRIPTION:There was cautious optimism after rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa 
	ousted Assad two\nyears ago. Where does Syria stand today?\n\nThe crossroa
	ds at which Syria finds itself is embodied by interim president\nAhmed al-
	Sharaa. A former jihadist leader linked to al-Qaeda in Iraq\, who drove\nA
	ssad from power and reinvented himself as a moderate statesman and has sou
	ght\nto strengthen ties with the West. He became the first Syrian presiden
	t to be\nreceived at the White House\, developing a ‘bromance’ with Donald
	 Trump. Is\nal-Sharaa turning Syria into a functioning state with a place 
	in the\ninternational order? With Syrian political scholars and journalist
	s who fled\ntheir country\, we take a look inside Syria.\n\nThe challenges
	 facing Syria are immense. After years of kleptocracy under the\nAssad reg
	ime and fourteen years of civil war\, the country must re-inmagine\nitself
	. Meanwhile\, mass graves dating from the Assad era continue to be\nuncove
	red across the country\, Alawites and Druze have fallen victim to sectaria
	n\nmassacres\, and Israel is occupying part of the country.\n\nHow do you 
	rebuild a country after a devastating war and years of being stripped\nbar
	e by an authoritarian regime? It is a challenge that more countries will f
	ace\nsooner or later. What can Syria\, now two years into transition\, tea
	ch us?
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/inside-syria
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>There was cautious optimism after r
	ebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa ousted Assad two years ago. Where does Syria s
	tand today? </strong></p> <p>The crossroads at which Syria finds itself is
	 embodied by interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa. A former jihadist leader l
	inked to al-Qaeda in Iraq, who drove Assad from power and reinvented himse
	lf as a moderate statesman and has sought to strengthen ties with the West
	. He became the first Syrian president to be received at the White House, 
	developing a ‘bromance’ with Donald Trump. Is al-Sharaa turning Syria into
	 a functioning state with a place in the international order? With Syrian 
	political scholars and journalists who fled their country, we take a look 
	inside Syria.</p> <p>The challenges facing Syria are immense. After years 
	of kleptocracy under the Assad regime and fourteen years of civil war, the
	 country must re-inmagine itself. Meanwhile, mass graves dating from the A
	ssad era continue to be uncovered across the country, Alawites and Druze h
	ave fallen victim to sectarian massacres, and Israel is occupying part of 
	the country.</p> <p>How do you rebuild a country after a devastating war a
	nd years of being stripped bare by an authoritarian regime? It is a challe
	nge that more countries will face sooner or later. What can Syria, now two
	 years into transition, teach us?</p>
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