It is bolstering hard-liners -LRB- like Bashar al-Assad of Syria -RRB- and undermining moderates -LRB- like King Abdullah of Jordan -RRB- , while handing propaganda victories to Iran and Shiite militants .
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Bashar al-Assad
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Syria
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