Syria's attempts to rejoin the international fold are far from convincing – here's why
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And despite Iran-backed attacks on American personnel in the region, they cannot break US support for the Kurdish administration in northeast Syria.
Key Points:
- And despite Iran-backed attacks on American personnel in the region, they cannot break US support for the Kurdish administration in northeast Syria.
- Seven weeks after the Assad-Raisi photo in Damascus, another international meeting in mid-June testified to the illusions of an Iran-Syria “Axis of Resistance”.
- The regime’s deputy foreign minister, Ayman Sousan, demanded Turkey withdraw its forces from opposition territory in northwest Syria.
- So everyone went home with nothing beyond Moscow’s declaration: “This is a very crucial process.”
Moving pieces
- In a Middle East kaleidoscope of many moving pieces, it is daunting for either to line up all of them.
- Assad’s headline ploy has been the restoration of relations with Arab states, hoping to break political isolation and his economic bind.
An Arabian pipedream?
- In March, Iran and Saudi Arabia announced the resumption of diplomatic ties more than seven years after they were broken.
- The China-brokered deal was accompanied by a high-level Iranian visit to the UAE.
- Tehran spoke loudly about the prospect of billions of dollars of Gulf investments in its battered economy.
- Amid the nationwide protests, its currency had almost halved in value, sinking to 600,000:1 against the US dollar.