For years, the U.S. — along with other western and Arab countries — have sought to replace or isolate the Syrian regime.
Many supported the rebels fighting the government of President Bashar al-Assad. But now that his government is prevailing in the long civil war there, countries are turning toward the regime again.
NPR’s Ruth Sherlock reports.
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