The View from Damascus – Post-Assad Syria: Between Stability and Uncertainty - The Syrian Observer

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The View from Damascus – Post-Assad Syria: Between Stability and Uncertainty - The Syrian Observer

The fall of the Assad regime on December 8, 2024, has not only reshaped Syria’s internal power structures but also altered the geopolitical landscape of the entire region. What follows is not a seamless transition to stability but a complex and precarious restructuring of authority, legitimacy, and regional influence. While Syria’s new leadership, dominated by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) under Ahmad al-Sharaa, presents itself as a unifying force…