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  • Syrian new ruler Abu Muhammad Al Jolani held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on February 4. 2025-02-17 21:55

    By Batool Subeiti

    Trump's strategy and key players in new Syria

    LONDON - U.S. policy under Trump significantly differed from Biden's and the broader deep state. The Obama administration gave Turkey the role of sponsoring “Sunni political Islam” to counter the Axis of Resistance, while Trump was firmer in opposing Turkey’s Middle East ambitions. Trump views Syria’s new rulers as terrorists and prefers a Syrian government backed by the Persian Gulf Arab states over Turkey.

  • Former detainees suspected of being members of ISIS are released in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakeh on September 2, 2024. (Photo by Delil souleiman / AFP) Delil Souleiman/ 2025-01-24 15:05

    By Abouzar Pouradib, PhD student in political science

    ISIS resurgence from possibility to reality

    TEHRAN - With the fall of Bashar al-Assad's government in Syria, concerns about the possibility of ISIS resurgence have increased. Some experts believe that ISIS's organizational structure has completely collapsed and is incapable of resurgence, but others believe that the current conditions are ripe for ISIS's revival.