For years Turkey and Qatar backed what had been written off as the losing side in Syria’s civil war. With the Assad regime’s fall, and as Iran’s influence wanes, they are geopolitical winners. The Mideast’s axis of power is shifting, but it still runs through Syria. Syria #Assad #Iran https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2024/1218/syria-turkey-qatar-mideast-democracy-iran
With Iran on the decline, a new axis rises in Mideast. Syria is still key.
For years Turkey and Qatar backed what had been written off as the losing side in Syria’s civil war. With the Assad regime’s fall, they are geopolitical winners. The Mideast axis of power is shifting, but it still runs through Syria.Taylor Luck (The Christian Science Monitor)