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Assad leaves behind a fragmented nation – stabilizing Syria will be a major challenge for fractured opposition and external backers

By Sefa Secen, Assistant Professor of International and Global Studies, Nazareth University

Opposition forces marched into Damascus on Dec. 8, seemingly ending the half-century rule of the Assad family. But what happens next?

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