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Jennifer-Cafarella-Linda-Khatib-Omar-Alshogre — Middle East expert Jennifer Cafarella (L) told a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on April 15, 2021, that the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should be a long-term goal at the least while Linda Khatib (C) said, "Russia can accept sacrificing Assad’s presidency in return for maintaining some influence for itself in Syria." Syrian rights activist Omar Alshogre (R) said Assad must go. — YouTube/House Foreign Affairs Committee

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