Will Syria’s New Government Support Hamas?
How the West should approach rulers who mourned the death of Yahya Sinwar.
December 12, 2024
Will Syria’s New Government Support Hamas?
How the West should approach rulers who mourned the death of Yahya Sinwar.
In the past few days, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the al-Qaeda offshoot that led the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, has consolidated its rule in the core parts of Syria. Its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, has made a series of public statements, sat for a CNN interview, and discarded his nomme de guerre for his birth name, Ahmad al-Shara—trying to present an image of moderation. But to what extent is this simply a ruse? And what sort of relationship does he envision with Israel?
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