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FILE - In this April 20, 2014 file photo, released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, talks to government soldiers during his visit to the Christian village of Maaloula, near Damascus, Syria. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s statement Tuesday, April 11, 2017, that the reign of President Bashar Assad’s family “is coming to an end” suggests Washington is taking a much more aggressive approach about the Syrian leader. Taking him out of the equation without a clear transition plan would be a major gamble. (SANA via AP, File) (AP)

What happens when Assad wins the war?

Patrick Lawrence - Independent Media Institute
(Save the Children via AP, File) (AP)

The lost oasis of Damascus

Karen Pinto - The Conversation
Lindsey Graham; Donald Trump (AP/Getty/Photo montage by Salon)

War hawks: More bombs, please

Charlie May
John Bolton; Donald Trump; Destruction in Syria (Getty/Photo Montage by Salon)

Trump, Bolton and war with Russia

Heather Digby Parton
(Getty/Spencer Platt/AP/Senior Airman Ian Dudley/Salon)

Trump's terrifying zeal to strike Syria

Charlie May
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