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>> face the new reality. how is this looked at in syria itself? do we know? >> well, we do know because a lot of people have been discussing this. syrians in assad-controlled areas have been resigned to their fate for a long time, and they're very tired. everything is blamed on sanctions, and certainly sanctions do have some effect on the population. but overall, i think they -- i consider them hostages for the most part. they have no say in what happens. syrians are divided. we have roughly half of the population that has become displaced. a lot of them are refugees, over 6 million of them. and they are terrified right now because they realize that this rekindling of relations that begins with the arab league means that the west will now not notice anymore when sanctions are breached, for . and they know that slowly this