Syria: What If External Legitimacy Fades?
While courting external support is crucial to ending Syria’s isolation, this strategy has come at the expense of domestic affairs, Malek Wannous writes in Al-Modon.
While courting external support is crucial to ending Syria’s isolation, this strategy has come at the expense of domestic affairs, Malek Wannous writes in Al-Modon.
The Syrian Minister stressed that “the al-Jazira region is a national priority,” warning that “any delay in integrating the SDF into state institutions will negatively affect reconstruction efforts.”
The Ministry of Interior is escalating targeted campaigns to neutralize these resurgent cells, which have claimed lives among Syrian army, General Security, and Customs Police forces.
The convergence of these American statements and Israeli military actions has heightened Syrian concerns that a new, entrenched occupation reality is taking shape in southern Syria.
Lifting the Caesar Act should be seen not as a final achievement but as a phase in testing the Syrian government’s seriousness in building a capable state that is both internally and externally acceptable, Syria TV argues.
“Syria is emerging from a long period of civil unrest and internal conflict,” the White House stated
Available information indicates that the U.S.-led International Coalition is now encouraging the SDF to engage in security coordination with the Syrian government.
The decisions shaping Syria’s future are being written from within.
Video footage documented Al-Ahmad’s heroic act as he moved through a car park before grappling with the armed assailant and seizing his firearm.
Syrian security sources said the attack took place during a joint field patrol near a compound in the Palmyra desert
Political researcher Abdullah al-Kheir argued that the United States has adopted a firm position against political decentralisation or federalism in Syria, asserting that Barak’s comments reflect a strategic orientation rather than a personal view.
The meeting between Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Vladimir Putin appears to have offered both sides an opportunity to reassess the foundations of their political communication, Malek al-Hafez writes in Syria TV.
Mohammad Alaa Ghanem, Head of Political Affairs at the Syrian American Council, confirmed that the vote passed with 312 members in favour and 112 opposed, calling it “the most difficult hurdle, now overcome.”
Ayman al-Dasouki, senior researcher at the Omran Center, pointed out to Syria Television that although the Caesar Act’s impact on reconstruction is substantial, it represents only one among many hurdles to rebuilding Syria in a secure and stable manner.
These remarks came a day after the Israeli prime minister’s office firmly denied media reports alleging that Benjamin Netanyahu had refused to sign a security agreement with Syria in September.
Syria’s first post-Assad year closes with an impressive portfolio of diplomatic achievements, many argue, secured at the cost of domestic stagnation.
He expressed his confidence that Syria’s future will be brighter than its recent past.
President Ahmed al-Sharaa met with figures from the Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC) and the American energy giant Chevron, according to al-Modon.
Hussam Taleb, a political analyst based in Damascus, told 963+ that the Beit Jin assault, and the Israeli aggression that followed—met with local resistance—marks a turning point in the nature of Israel’s military operations.
In Trump’s newly envisioned regional map, Damascus is no longer an adversary to be contained but a partner to be engaged, Syria TV writes.
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