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Assad future unclear under UN Security Council framework

Assad future unclear as UN Security Council charts a course for Syria

Aired 12/18/2015 | Rating NR

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Assad future unclear under UN Security Council framework

Clip: Season 2015 | 5m 24s

Assad future unclear as UN Security Council charts a course for Syria

After nearly five years of brutal civil war, the United Nations Security Council voted to endorse an international framework for a peace process in Syria. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the details, what's at stake and how we got here.

Aired 12/18/2015 | Rating NR

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