President Shara’a has won diplomatic praise, but deadly clashes reveal his blind spot: failing to defuse Syria’s deep sectarian tensions.
A fighter of the ruling Syrian body, who lost a finger during fighting, rides a bicycle at the official housing of the Fourth Division in the army under the Assad regime, following evacuation orders from factions of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), after Syria's Bashar al-Assad was ousted(photo credit: REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
