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Biden to finish what Obama started in Syria

Joe Biden and Antony Blinken, in 2013, at the White House. © Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

President-elect Joe Biden and his secretary of state-designate Antony Blinken are considering appointing a number of Syria advisers to the new administration's Middle East team, most of them inherited from the Obama era. Just as the challenges on the ground. [...] (453 words)

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