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speaks during a joint press conference with Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (R), Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2023." /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/02/turkey-jordan-iraq-hold-first-anti-isis-summit-month-turkish-official" > Turkey, Jordan, Iraq to hold first anti-ISIS summit this month: Turkish official </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/02/turkey-jordan-iraq-hold-first-anti-isis-summit-month-turkish-official" > Top diplomats as well as Turkish, Jordanian, Syrian and Iraqi defense and intelligence chiefs aim to hold a first security summit this month as part of efforts to set up a regional anti-ISIS coalition, Al-Monitor has learned. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/turkey" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.0#turkey"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Turkey</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/02/four-killed-syria-lebanon-border-clashes-between-hts-and-clans-what-know" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-02/GettyImages-2191668555%20copy.jpeg?h=a5ae579a&itok=RaH2oRGH" width="870" height="489" alt="People wait at the entrance of the Al Masnaa eastern Lebanese border crossing with Syria on Jan. 3, 2025, after Syria imposed new restrictions on the entry of Lebanese citizens. " /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/02/four-killed-syria-lebanon-border-clashes-between-hts-and-clans-what-know" > Four killed in Syria-Lebanon border clashes between HTS and clans: What to know </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/02/four-killed-syria-lebanon-border-clashes-between-hts-and-clans-what-know" > An offensive launched by Syria along its border with Lebanon on Thursday escalated into intense clashes between Syrian forces and Lebanese armed groups, including those associated with multiple Lebanese clans. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/syria" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.0#syria"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Syria</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card--feature card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/02/after-assads-fall-iran-hopes-creep-back-through-syrias-back-door" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-02/IMG_8904.jpg?h=4497562d&itok=ysw6kx1P" width="870" height="489" alt="Shiite worshippers at all women鈥檚 section of the Sayyeda Zeinab shrine in Damascus on Jan. 28, 2025." /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__type card__type--feature u-text-color--feature"> <span class="eyebrow u-text-transform--uppercase"> Feature </span> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/02/after-assads-fall-iran-hopes-creep-back-through-syrias-back-door" > After Assad鈥檚 fall, Iran hopes to creep back through Syria's back door </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/02/after-assads-fall-iran-hopes-creep-back-through-syrias-back-door" > Iranian officials admitted they were "defeated very badly" with the fall of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and their prospects for building influence under the new government are limited. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <div class="authors"> <div class="authors__avatar"> <a class="link" href="/authors/amberin-zaman.html" > <picture class="image" > <img class="image" src="https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-06/AmberinZaman2-480x480.jpg?h=7f412c8f&itok=e2cJgWXs" alt="Amberin Zaman" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="authors__name"> <a class="link" href="/authors/amberin-zaman.html" > <div class="name"> <span class="byline-pretext byline-pretext__inline">By</span> <span class="subtitle--l">Amberin Zaman</span> </div> <div class="tagline body--s">In <strong>Paris</strong>, reporting on <strong>geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture</strong></div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/02/turkey-syria-draft-road-map-strengthen-syrian-military-what-we-know" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-02/GettyImages-2197114645.jpg?h=1d34674f&itok=vJSW2P9k" width="870" height="489" alt="ZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/02/turkey-syria-draft-road-map-strengthen-syrian-military-what-we-know" > Turkey, Syria draft road map to strengthen Syrian military: What we know </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/02/turkey-syria-draft-road-map-strengthen-syrian-military-what-we-know" > Ankara and Damascus are working on a plan for defense cooperation, according to a Turkish official, who added that Turkey's priority in Syria is the armed groups it deems a national security threat. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/turkey" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.0#turkey"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Turkey</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/02/macron-invites-syrias-sharaa-france-first-eu-visit-what-know" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-02/sharaamacron.png?h=0abb521b&itok=0iTBOZrb" width="870" height="489" alt="A composite image of Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L) and French President Emmanuel Macron (R). " /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/02/macron-invites-syrias-sharaa-france-first-eu-visit-what-know" > Macron invites Syria鈥檚 Sharaa to France for first EU visit: What to know </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/02/macron-invites-syrias-sharaa-france-first-eu-visit-what-know" > France, like other EU countries, has expressed a desire to engage with Syria鈥檚 new administration and lift sanctions on the country. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/syria" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.0#syria"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Syria</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/02/pomp-over-substance-marks-sharaas-first-trip-turkey-syrias-president" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-02/GettyImages-2197110993.jpg?h=5947cb64&itok=tO5Udwht" width="870" height="489" alt="Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa shake hands during a joint press conference following their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, on February 4, 2025. " /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/02/pomp-over-substance-marks-sharaas-first-trip-turkey-syrias-president" > Pomp over substance marks Sharaa's first trip to Turkey as Syria's president </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/02/pomp-over-substance-marks-sharaas-first-trip-turkey-syrias-president" > While the Turkish president lauded the visit as "historic," little of substance was announced and neither leader made any mention of an alleged defense pact reported Tuesday by Reuters. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/syria" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.0#syria"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Syria</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/02/sharaas-wife-latifa-droubi-makes-first-appearance-outside-syria-what-we-know" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-02/GettyImages-2197072493.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=2pKf96Tf" width="870" height="489" alt="Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa (front L) accompanied by his wife Latifa al-Droubi (front C), and Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani perform the Umrah, or the minor pilgrimage, alongside their wives respectively and in Islam's holiest city of Mecca in western Saudi Arabia on February 3, 2025. " /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/02/sharaas-wife-latifa-droubi-makes-first-appearance-outside-syria-what-we-know" > Sharaa's wife, Latifa Droubi, makes first appearance outside Syria: What we know </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/02/sharaas-wife-latifa-droubi-makes-first-appearance-outside-syria-what-we-know" > Pictures and videos on social media of Latifa al-Droubi, the wife of Syria's newly appointed interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, have sparked wide interest in Syria's new first lady. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/syria" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.0#syria"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Syria</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/02/democrats-warn-trumps-usaid-freeze-may-fuel-middle-east-instability" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-02/GettyImages-2197473435%20copy.jpeg?h=a5ae579a&itok=e1L102Z4" width="870" height="489" alt="Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) speaks at a press conference outside of USAID headquarters on Feb. 03, 2025, in Washington, DC. " /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/02/democrats-warn-trumps-usaid-freeze-may-fuel-middle-east-instability" > Democrats warn Trump鈥檚 USAID freeze may fuel Middle East instability </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/02/democrats-warn-trumps-usaid-freeze-may-fuel-middle-east-instability" > Lawmakers vowed to challenge the takeover of the agency, with or without the support of Republicans members of Congress. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/syria" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.0#syria"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Syria</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card--feature card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/02/can-syrias-new-islamist-rulers-win-their-broken-nations-trust" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-02/IMG_8845_1_0.jpg?h=01835734&itok=P45Re-xs" width="870" height="489" alt="Residents are slowly returning to Daraya, the Damascus suburb that was reduced to rubble by the Assad regime. Here a child is seen riding his bike in Daraya on Jan. 26, 2025. (Amberin Zaman/Al-Monitor)" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__type card__type--feature u-text-color--feature"> <span class="eyebrow u-text-transform--uppercase"> Feature </span> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/02/can-syrias-new-islamist-rulers-win-their-broken-nations-trust" > Can Syria鈥檚 new Islamist rulers win their broken nation鈥檚 trust? </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/02/can-syrias-new-islamist-rulers-win-their-broken-nations-trust" > While Syrians widely celebrated the fall of Bashar al-Assad鈥檚 dictatorial regime, many reserve judgement on their new Islamist leaders. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <div class="authors"> <div class="authors__avatar"> <a class="link" href="/authors/amberin-zaman.html" > <picture class="image" > <img class="image" src="https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-06/AmberinZaman2-480x480.jpg?h=7f412c8f&itok=e2cJgWXs" alt="Amberin Zaman" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="authors__name"> <a class="link" href="/authors/amberin-zaman.html" > <div class="name"> <span class="byline-pretext byline-pretext__inline">By</span> <span class="subtitle--l">Amberin Zaman</span> </div> <div class="tagline body--s">In <strong>Paris</strong>, reporting on <strong>geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture</strong></div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/02/erdogan-host-syrias-sharaa-first-turkey-visit-discuss-security-ties" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-02/GettyImages-2196907300.jpg?h=3c425881&itok=YEZhfK3D" width="870" height="489" alt="TOPSHOT - Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa performs the Umrah, or the minor pilgrimage, in Islam's holiest city of Mecca in western Saudi Arabia on February 3, 2025. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/02/erdogan-host-syrias-sharaa-first-turkey-visit-discuss-security-ties" > Erdogan to host Syria鈥檚 Sharaa on first Turkey visit, discuss security ties </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/02/erdogan-host-syrias-sharaa-first-turkey-visit-discuss-security-ties" > The meeting between the Turkish president and Syria's new leader will focus on Syria's post-conflict reconstruction, economic recovery and security issues. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/turkey" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.0#turkey"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Turkey</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/01/uae-saudi-arabia-congratulate-sharaa-jordan-resumes-syria-flights" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-01/2024-12-21_06-45-43_114945.jpg?h=8ec417ff&itok=zNQZeQ09" width="870" height="489" alt="A handout showing Ahmed al-Sharaa while meeting with a UK delegation in Damascus, Dec. 17, 2024. " /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/01/uae-saudi-arabia-congratulate-sharaa-jordan-resumes-syria-flights" > UAE, Saudi Arabia congratulate Sharaa as Jordan resumes Syria flights </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/01/uae-saudi-arabia-congratulate-sharaa-jordan-resumes-syria-flights" > Arab leaders have warmly welcomed Ahmed al-Sharaa as Syria's interim president, with close allies of his deposed predecessor remaining noncommittal. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/syria" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.0#syria"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Syria</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/01/syria-suspends-constitution-declares-ahmed-al-sharaa-transitional-president" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-01/GettyImages-2191144162.jpg?h=a5f2f23a&itok=eiKLNsKx" width="870" height="489" alt="The leader of the new Syrian administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa waits to greet Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha (not in picture) ahead of a meeting between the Syrian leadership and a Ukrainian delegation to help strengthen ties between the two countries on December 30, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. Syria is transitioning after the fall of the Baath regime and the Assad family's rule, with a temporary administration now in place in Damascus and Aleppo. 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