Assad’s Syria manipulated the region, will the new Syria do the same? - analysis
The question now is whether the new Syrian government will seek to try to play countries against each other or work to be a unifying and stabilizing force in the region
Rebel fighters pose as they hold a Syrian opposition flag at the Umayyad Mosque, after rebels seized the capital and ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria December 9, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/AMR ABDALLAH DALSH)BySETH J. FRANTZMANUpdated: