with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has a well-documented record of human rights violations and is engaged in a civil war with U.S.-backed rebels, raised eyebrows on all sides of the political aisle. She has also questioned whether Assad used chemical weapons on his own citizens.

In a campaign ad in March, Gabbard showed a video of the Assad regime dropping barrel bombs on the Syrian city of Darayya in February 2016 to condemn "regime change wars."

One of Gabbard's primary rivals, California Sen. Kamala Harris, denounced her as an "apologist" for Assad.

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