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How the Assad regime fell so quickly

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How the Assad regime fell so quickly

What was the military strategy behind the takeover of Damascus? CNN's Katie Polglase and team analyzed over a hundred videos of the final push to take the Syrian capital, Damascus, finding that it came from several different rebel groups, approaching from opposite directions.

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