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By Charles Ellinas
Developments in Syria have been precipitous and momentous. Ahmad al-Sharaa, the leader of the Sharaa’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group that deposed al-Assad last Sunday, has already installed an interim government in Damascus. Despite promises of inclusiveness and toleration of other ethnicities and religions, it is too early to say what will be the direction of travel of the Syria that emerges out of this process.
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