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A picture of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad riddled with holes is seen on the facade of the police academy in Aleppo, after it was captured by Free Syrian Army fighters, March 4, 2013. (Reuters/Mahmoud Hassano)
by Edward Djerejian | Mar 28, 2013 | Opinion
Syria, according to many indicators, is headed toward state failure. Extremism is on the rise and sectarianism is pervasive. With 70,000 Syrians killed and over three million displaced, the humanitarian situation is grim. The conflict’s destabilizing spillover to...