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House panel considers US policy options in Syria

Members of the subcommittee also pressed witnesses on whether regime change in Syria is an option.

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Middle East expert Jennifer Cafarella (L) told a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on April 15, 2021, that the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should be a long-term goal at the least while Linda Khatib (C) said, "Russia can accept sacrificing Assad’s presidency in return for maintaining some influence for itself in Syria." Syrian rights activist Omar Alshogre (R) said Assad must go. — YouTube/House Foreign Affairs Committee

The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism held a hearing Thursday on “10 Years of War: Examining the Ongoing Conflict in Syria.”

While the subcommittee chairman, Democrat Rep. Ted Deutch of Florida, began the virtual event by calling for a “political solution” to the 10-year-old civil war, and Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad remains in control of key parts of the country, options for regime change were also discussed.

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