Syria Update (Audio)
Elliott Abrams and Ed Husain, CFR senior fellows for Middle Eastern studies, lead a conversation on the current situation in Syria and...
Speaker: Mona Yacoubian, Senior Adviser, Middle East/Southwest Asia Program, Project Director, Pathways to Progress, Stimson Center
Presider: Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations
April 17, 2012
Mona Yacoubian leads a conversation on the situation in Syria, including analysis of the religious divide, the role the United States and other international actors should play, and recommendations for U.S. policy, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.
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