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    Friends, Foes, and Frenemies

    Apr 12, 2019 4 minutes

    SYRIA’S CIVIL WAR doesn’t have two clearly defined sides. Hundreds of opposition groups have taken up arms against the Assad government—and sometimes each other. The conflict has also become a proxy war for countries including the United States, Russia, Iran, and Turkey. Not to mention the Kurds, Hezbollah, and ISIS. Here are the main players you need to know:

    SYRIAN GOVERNMENT

    • PRIMARY GOALS: Survive, retake Syria
    • MAIN ALLIES: Russia, Iran
    • MAIN ENEMIES: FSA, ISIS, Nusra, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar

    President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has used everything from torture to chemical weapons to fend off the rebellion sparked in 2011. It has also gotten

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