A Quick Arab Pivot: From Welcoming al-Assad to Managing the Chaos

By Steven Erlanger Only weeks ago, Arab nations had been working hard to bring Bashar al-Assad back into the fold, assuming he was there to last. They were badly mistaken.

Source: The New York Times

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