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Jun 2018
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Securing Southern Syria

ISRAEL POLICY FORUM
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Eli and Evan are joined by Elizabeth Tsurkov, a research fellow at Israel's Forum for Regional Thinking, to talk about developments with Israel, Russia, Iran, and the Assad regime in southern Syria.Support the show Follow us on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Bluesky, and subscribe to our email list here. 
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