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Rebel fighters carry their weapons as they run past damaged buildings to avoid snipers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Mleha suburb of Damascus on May 26, 2014.

Did Barack Obama just signal a shift in US policy toward Syria?

Global Politics

President Obama defended his decision not to send American troops into Syria’s civil war. But in a foreign policy speech at West Point on Wednesday, he might have been signaling a shift toward providing more lethal assistance to Syrian rebel groups.

Rebel fighters carry their weapons as they run past damaged buildings to avoid snipers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Mleha suburb of Damascus on May 26, 2014.

Did Barack Obama just signal a shift in US policy toward Syria?

Global Politics
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