charles lister claims at regional reconciliation means instability for syrians. assuming nobody achieves any meaningful concessions from a sad lease. normalizing will gift a saw total victory consolidate iran's gains, kill any old justice or accountability. make 6000000 syrians permanent refugees guarantee. cirrus intractable instability as saudi arabia restores diplomatic ties with iran and syria, damascus, as also announced the mutual reopening of embassies with denisia. meanwhile, bahrain and could tar have taken steps to resume bilateral cooperation. after years of discord, artes donald quarter explains why pro american scholars aarp sat to see peace in the middle east. a historic meeting of reconciliation between saudi arabia and syria after 12 years of sever diplomatic ties, re ads even set it supports damascus. his attempts to reassert control over syrian territories and eliminate armed militias plaguing parts of the country. but as always, some one in washington is not happy about the prospect of much awaited peace in the region of pulling and desperately short sighted. so it has

i of iran's islamic revolutionary guard, cor, that's charles lister, a senior fellow and director of to syria related programs at the middle east institute think tank sponsored by the u. s. state department. it comes as no surprise then that he spent his career whitewashing the bloody deeds of syrian jihadist groups. rebranding them as moderate rebels despite the documented atrocities they've committed against civilians. these opposition may not necessarily be the kind of opposition that we wanted, but it has a very significant constituency in syria. so these are not necessarily people we would want as our allies. but we have to acknowledge that these are syrians. and if there is going to be a political solution and they are not involved than we will be creating more of a mass than their already ease. are, are all shaw, mal, new sra, al qaeda isis. there's not exactly a gaping ideological difference between them and lister knows that as he even admitted that aurora shaun's command structure was filled with former members of al qaeda. but for some reason, those in washington never rea

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charles lister, who works for the u. s. government funded middle east. the institute think tank took the twitter off the saudi arabia hosted top syrian diplomats for talks appalling and desperately short sighted. saudi has welcomed assets, foreign minister face. so mac, dad and deputy foreign minister. i am on son jetta. this isn't the escalation. it's unconditional submission. so criminal regime in norco state an ally of rance islamic revolutionary goss core. lester is the director of the syria and countering terrorism and extreme is in programs of the middle east institute. the thing tank, which is bankrolled by the us state department, is chad by richard clark. he previously worked at the pentagon. charles lr is one of the biggest focus supports of the u. s. military occupation of northern syria. he's also extensive contacts with syrian rebel group thinking terrorists like a ra, alshaun, which he has publicly endorsed in the past. this opposition may not necessarily be the kind of opposition that we wanted, but it has a very significant constituency i