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Trump administration has 'expectations' for Syria amid sanctions relief, Sharaa assassination fears

Al-Monitor’s State Department correspondent Elizabeth Hagedorn joins host Adam Lucente to discuss her exclusive interview with US envoy for Syria Tom Barrack, specifically US expectations for the new Syrian government now that sanctions have been removed, efforts to de-escalate tensions between Syria and Israel, and fears that new President Ahmed al-Sharaa could be assassinated.

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