Syria set to be 2025’s big story: Can Damascus unite a fractured nation? - analysis
Parts of Syria remain in stasis despite the country's recent massive upheaval.
Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani speaks during an interview, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 28, 2024.(photo credit: AL ARABIYA TV/Handout via REUTERS)BySETH J. FRANTZMANUpdated: