Since Syria’s leader, Arshala, has begun his first foreign trip since he gained power after the collapse of Bashal Al Asado’s administration, and talks with Saudi Prince Mohamed Bin Salman on Sunday on Sunday. I did it.
Visiting Shaba’s Kingdom has accepted new Saudi authorities in the hope that Saudi Arabia and their neighbors will stabilize the crushed nations and use Asado to deepen their influence in Syria. It shows a change in dynamics.
Shala, who declared the president last week, is the head of Hayat Tahalir Alsham, an armed Muslim group that leads the attack on Assad and dominates the new government of Syria.
After meeting Prince Mohamed, Shala said, “I heard the true desire to support Syria to build the future.” He added, “The purpose is to maintain peace and stability throughout the region and improve the economic reality of Syrian people.”
His trip is a long -standing concern for the Islamic movement of the Islamic Movement, which has been organized after the dramatic collapse of Asado after a dispute between Israel and Iranian support groups, after a dispute to change the power of the region. I emphasize that it is holding.
Before the expulsion of Assad, Syria’s main foreign actors were Iran and Russia, supporting the government during the 13 -year civil war.
However, Iran and his main agent, Lebanon’s extremist movement, loses his foothold in Syria after HTS started attacking last year and led to the collapse of the government on December 8.
According to diplomats and analysts, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are both in the Civil War and have the opportunity to support Syria’s opposition and demonstrate the influence of new leadership. For Liyad, Saudi Arabia is a chance to compete with Iran and Turkey as one of the main beneficiaries of the balance of power -Ankara is still an important player in Syria. Like Damascus.
However, other Arab countries, especially Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, are still alert to the Islamic movement that leads a nation in the center of the Middle East.
After appealing for power in the 2013 coup, Abder Fatta Al Sishi, who began withering Muslims, congratulated Shala after Syria’s leader declared the president.
However, unlike other Arab countries, Egypt did not dispatch a delegation to Damascus, and the media belonging to the nation was critical of HTS after exposing Assad.
In the signs that a new leader in Syria was trying to relieve local concerns, online the Video of Egyptian Islamic, who fought against Syria’s rebels in the Asado administration, threatened Shishi last month. After posting, he was arrested.
The United Arab Emirates Shake Mohamed Bin Zaed Al Nahyyang, one of the first Arab leaders who remarried Assad, supported Syria dictators a few days after HTS started attacking. He has been talking to Sharaa since then, but the Gulf nation has taken a cautious approach, says analysts.
Anna Jacobs, a non -resident fellow at Washington’s Arab Gulf National Institute, said UAE was “waiting mode.”
“I think they are very worried, but they want to track the effects of other countries and regions (the HTS -led administration),” she said. “If this remains in Syria, the new government really claims control and stability against Syria, and will be motivated to cooperate with everyone, it will relieve some of their concerns.”
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Saudi Arabia and Qatar, on the other hand, have been arguing about dealing with the shortage of power because the Saudi authorities have supported the paid salary of the public sector and inherited the bankruptcy.
“The kingdom has benefited from Syria, so it has a much more suspicious approach than other Arab countries, such as Egypt and the United Arab Emirates,” said Ali Shihabi, a commentator of the Saudi Royal Family. Masu. “It has been dealing with the reformed Jihad, and I see the value of Iranians and hizvola (autumn of Assad). As long as they walk, they will get support from Saudi Arabia. “
For the past two years, Saudi Arabia has been involved again with Assad to counter the influence of Iran. Arab countries also wanted to take action to end the exports of drugs in Syria and smuggled throughout the region, especially the export of captagon.
After the brutal crackdown on the popular uprising of the popular uprising in 2011, which turned into a civil war, they cut off their relationships with Damascus, but in 2023 they agreed to read the Syria at the Jedda Summit to the Arab Federation.
Arab’s diplomat said that there was a possibility that there was a competition between the state of the region to compete for the influence of Syria, but it was expected to be restricted.
He added that HTS is aware of the Arab concerns about Ankara’s role. Ankara has been connected to Muslim groups for a long time and has directly supported Syria’s Ions, which supports assads.
“They know that seven -sided birds are very important, but we are trying to make a little distance in the sense that” we are near them, but they do not own us. ” “A diplomat said.
