“It is a hopeful second for Syria, after a protracted, brutal dictatorship… however there’s additionally an terrible lot of uncertainty in an already very unsure area,” mentioned Gregory Treverton, professor of the apply of worldwide relations and spatial sciences on the College of Southern California.
WHO WILL GOVERN SYRIA?
HTS, which led the insurgency to topple Assad, is ready to be a serious participant in Syria’s governance.
However the militant group’s historic ties to al-Qaeda may show difficult – it has been designated a terrorist organisation by many, together with the UN, United States and Turkiye.
In 2016, the group broke hyperlinks to al-Qaeda and rebranded, with commander Abu Mohammed al-Golani depicting himself as a champion of pluralism and tolerance.
Analysts mentioned a basic fear is that HTS is an Islamic group, and it stays to be seen if it could possibly discover a steadiness with secular features of Syria’s society. They’re additionally hopeful the group will type a coalition with different oppositions, as an alternative of dominating the panorama.
