#SYRIA: Dr. David Adesnik Is a senior fellow and the director of research at FDD. His research focuses on Syria and Iran, especially their illicit oil trade and Iran’s use of proxy forces to project influence across the region. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_
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Dr. David Adesnik Is a senior fellow and the director of research at FDD. His research focuses on Syria and Iran, especially their illicit oil trade and Iran’s use of proxy forces to project influence across the region. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
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| 0:00.0 | This is a |
| 0:05.0 | this CBS I and the world. I'm John Bachelor with Malcolm online conference of |
| 0:09.2 | presidents major American Jewish organizations. |
| 0:11.6 | Fog of war there has been an action in Syria by the IDF that has stories in many directions |
| 0:19.6 | about perhaps captured personnel, perhaps exfiltrated equipment. |
| 0:24.7 | Malcolm, you have a question for David Ed Desnick. |
| 0:26.9 | We welcome David from the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy. |
| 0:31.3 | A very good evening to you David. He your... |
| 0:33.6 | Pleasure to be here as always. And I turn you over to my colleague Malcolm. |
| 0:37.0 | Malcolm. Yes, first of all, thanks for coming. There are so many questions. |
| 0:41.6 | It's such a complex issue about the role of Syria, the changes |
| 0:46.2 | Syria's re-emergence into the Arab League, and of course its ties to Russia. How do you see, first of all, it's ties to Russia. |
| 0:52.5 | How do you see, first of all, the domestic competition |
| 0:54.8 | between Turkey, Iran, and Russia's dominant role in Syria. |
| 0:59.4 | Do you see Syria emerging in any way |
| 1:01.5 | because they seem only to control Damascus and a little bit of the country, |
| 1:05.8 | this government itself. How do you see those in light of especially of the heightened tensions |
| 1:12.2 | with Israel in recent days? |
| 1:14.8 | Well, I think it's hard to see the Assad regime ever being more than a pawn under |
| 1:21.0 | the thumb of Iran and Russia. |
| 1:24.0 | You know, they say that if you have only one master, |
| 1:27.0 | you have no freedom at all, but sometimes if you have two masters, |
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