Congress forgoes Iran war restrictions to save anti-Assad bill - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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May 22, 2019

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The man credited with smuggling 50,000 photos said to document Syrian government atrocities, a Syrian Army defector known by the protective alias Caesar (disguised in a hooded blue jacket), listens to his interpreter as he prepares to speak at a briefing to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington July 31, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT) TEMPLATE OUT - GM1EA7V1SKN01 — The man credited with smuggling 50,000 photos said to document Syrian government atrocities, a Syrian army defector known by the protective alias Caesar (disguised in a hooded blue jacket), listens to his interpreter as he prepares to speak at a briefing to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 31, 2014. — REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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