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Ali comments on Syrian coup: "Remarkable series of events"

December 11, 2024 WJR
Closely cropped headshot of Javed Ali in Weill Hall's 2nd floor hallway
Javed Ali (Credit: Michigan Photography)

Ford School Professor of Practice Javed Ali comments on the sudden overthrow of Bashir al-Assad's regime in Syria. 

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Javed Ali

Associate Professor of Practice
Ali is a former senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council, with over 20 years of professional experience in national security and intelligence issues in Washington, D.C. He served in the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he also held senior positions on joint duty assignments at the National Intelligence Council, the National Counterterrorism Center, and the National Security Council.