Bassam Rifai

Free Syrian PAC / Syrian American Council

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Bassam Rifai is a representative of the Free Syria PAC and a political advisor at the Syrian American Council. He Was Hillary Clinton campaign adviser on the war in Syria.

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Last week, President Trump stunned the world by striking Syria with 59 Tomahawk missiles in retaliation for Bashar al-Assad's use of chemical weapons against his own people.

Mixed messages from America's new hard line on Syria

Last week, President Trump stunned the world by striking Syria with 59 Tomahawk missiles in retaliation for Bashar al-Assad's use of chemical weapons against his own people.

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