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ijois-547	Hyams, Dylan H.	The Global Crisis in Syria	2018	8	.pdf	application/pdf	3035	153	50	Actors and Interests Primary Pro-Assad Forces Syrian Arab Republic: On July 17, 2000, after the death of his father, Hafez al-Assad, Bashar al-Assad assumed the position of the President of Syria under the Ba’ath party, which rules under an authoritarian regime (Central Intelligence Agency, 2017). This sparked the first direct strike on Assad forces by the United States on April 6, 2017.	cache/ijois-547.pdf	txt/ijois-547.txt