US opens ambassador's residence in Damascus
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Thursday marked a milestone in Syria. For the first time since 2012, the US officially has a diplomatic presence there. Although the US Embassy has not reopened, on Thursday, the US flag was raised at the ambassador's residence in Damascus for the first time since the US left Syria in 2012. Carolyn Beeler speaks with Amr al-Azm, a professor at Shawnee State University about what comes next.