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New ISIS plan to include Assad's removal?
Elise Labott reports the White House is reviewing new strategies to defeat ISIS, including Bashar al-Assad's removal. Full story
White House seeks new ISIS strategy
Wolf Blitzer talks to Rep. Ed Royce about the White House's new ISIS strategy that involves removing Bashar al-Assad.
Sr. al-Assad adviser goes on fiery rant
In an interview with Wolf Blitzer, Bouthaina Shaaban, Syrian Pres. Bashar al-Assad's senior adviser, rails against foreign meddling in Syria's civil war.
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Bashar al-Assad's cousin speaks out
Wolf Blitzer asks Ribal al-Assad, cousin of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, which side in the conflict used chemical weapons and whether the U.S. should arm the rebels.
Syria signs chemical weapons ban
News that broke in The Situation Room: Syria's ambassador to the United Nations says that the country is now a "full member" of the Chemical Weapons Convention, an international treaty that banned chemical weapons in 1997. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh looks at what happens next for the al-Assad regime's stockpiles.
Like ruthless father, like ruthless son
How did the crisis in Syria get to this point, with so much bloodshed and so many refugees? In order to better understand, Brian Todd takes a look at the brutal history of Bashar al-Assad's father.
Assad: From dinner partner to "thug"
Our Brian Todd explains how Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's relationship with the West, especially Secretary of State John Kerry, has changed in the last few years.
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