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For the West, they wanted to undermine the Syrian positions. For the petrodollar countries like Saudi Arabia, they're thinking undermining Syria will undermine Iran on sectarian basis.

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Bashar al-Assad
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: September 11
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