The Biden administration says the United States will recognize and support a new Syrian government that renounces terrorism, destroys chemical weapons stocks and protects the rights of minorities and women.

Summary

The Biden administration announced it will support a new Syrian government that renounces terrorism, protects women’s and minority rights, and dismantles chemical weapons.

This follows the ouster of Bashar al-Assad by the rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which the U.S. designated as a terrorist organization in 2018.

While the U.S. may reassess HTS’s status, ongoing concerns about ISIS resurgence and regional instability persist.

Meanwhile, Israel has seized the Golan Heights buffer zone amid condemnation, and Biden is coordinating with allies, including Israel, on the evolving situation in Syria and Gaza.

  • djsoren19@yiffit.netEnglish
    6·
    5 hours ago

    I give it two months before Trump orders the CIA to assassinate al-Bashir, probably at request of Israel.

    I really, really hope to be wrong, but unfortunately Syria is very weak right now and Israel has already been striking the leftover military institutions to keep them weak. I just can’t imagine foreign capitalists being able to stop themselves from further exploitation.

  • LastWish@lemmy.worldEnglish
    404·
    15 hours ago

    How come Syria has to protect women, but US federal and state governments don’t?

  • JiveTurkey@lemmy.worldEnglish
    182·
    14 hours ago

    The irony in this is almost too much. How can we say this while also supplying the arms to Israel so they can continue to kill women and children while also terrorizing places they have no business being. It’s all a fuckin joke.

    • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      9 hours ago

      You’re 100% correct. I mean… Mideast policy hypocrisy like this has been the norm all the decades I’ve been alive.

  • Caveman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    15 hours ago

    He’s also defending the buffer zone’s buffer zone. I thought they’d rather focus on democracy so the rest can be handled by the people,