Syria's Assad may come in from the cold to attend climate conference - analysis

Attending a climate conference can make sense for Syria’s regime because some experts have blamed climate change for the regime’s crackdown and the war that resulted in 2011.

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with Turkey's Halk TV in Damascus, in this handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA on October 4, 2013.

(photo credit: REUTERS/SANA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)

BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

MAY 16, 2023 15:46

Syria's Assad may come in from the cold to attend climate conference - analysis

Attending a climate conference can make sense for Syria’s regime because some experts have blamed climate change for the regime’s crackdown and the war that resulted in 2011.

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Syria's Assad may come in from the cold to attend climate conference - analysis

Attending a climate conference can make sense for Syria’s regime because some experts have blamed climate change for the regime’s crackdown and the war that resulted in 2011.

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