This is the committees second hearing of congress on the syrian conflict but its been raised during many of our meetings. To date, more than 400,000 people have been killed in the syrian conflict, more than 12 Million People, roughly half of all syrians, are displaced and the assad regime bears overwhelming responsibility for this destruction and extremism it has spawned. However, none of this would have been possible without the support of iran and russia, both of which intervened on assads behalf to extend influence in a region and counter the u. S. And its partners. With the support of the u. S. And Coalition Partners the Syrian Democratic forces succeeded in sweeping isis out of raqqah in october. Of course, despite losing much of its territory in syria and iraq, isis remains a major threat. And theres also the ongoing danger posed by al qaeda, syria, and affiliates which maintain significant influence in oppositioncontrolled areas. So its worth highlighting two recent developments
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We begin the conversation followed by a panel discussion. This is about an hour and a half. Good morning. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation. Welcome to those who join us on our website on all of these occasions and our inhouse tests, would you be so kind to check your mobile devices to see if they are silent or turned off. For those watching online, send questions or comments email speaker heritage. Org. Following the initial presentation, my colleague will lead our panel discussion. He is a foreignpolicy analyst and has worked for heritage since 1979 and offered papers on Foreign Policy issues and testified before congress on a wide variety of middle east issues. Hosting and introducing our special presenter is luke coffey who is director for center of Foreign Policy. He served in the United Kingdom ministry of defense to then secretary of state of defense. First ever nonu. K. National to be appointed by the Prime Minister. Prior to this, he worked in the house of commons as adviser
Cup a subcommittee, and begins the discussion. This is about 1. 5 hours. Good morning. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation. Welcome to those who join us on our website on all of these occasions and our inhouse tests, would you be so kind to check your mobile devices to see if they are silent or turned off. For those watching online, send questions or comments email speaker heritage. Org. Following the initial presentation, my colleague will lead our panel discussion. He is a foreignpolicy analyst and has worked for heritage since 1979 and offered papers on Foreign Policy issues and testified before congress on a wide variety of middle east issues. Hosting and introducing our special presenter is luke coffey who is director for center of Foreign Policy. He served in the United Kingdom ministry of defense to then secretary of state of defense. First ever nonu. K. National to be appointed by the Prime Minister. Prior to this, he worked in the house of commons as adviser on defense and Secu
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