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Unrest in Syria

9:06 AM, February 8, 2012
9:01 AM, February 20, 2011

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A Syrian pro-government supporter holds upa sign as a convoy carrying Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov heads towards the presidential palace in Damascus on February 7, 2012. (LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Amid escalating violence, the United States has closed their Embassy in Damascus, Syria. Global leaders continue to call for the ouster of President Assad, after a double veto at the UN by China and Russia. As the death toll continues to rise, how will this uprising end?

Kerri will speak with Andy Carvin, senior strategist at NPR's Social Media Desk. Her other guest is professor Fawaz Gerges from the London School of Economics and Political Science, author of the forthcoming book "Obama and the Greater Middle- East: The End of America's Moment?"

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