Decoding the Syrian Chessboard: Unraveling the Great Game in a Post-Assad Syria [UPDATED]
Decoding the Syrian Chessboard: Unraveling the Great Game in a Post-Assad Syria [UPDATED] Originally Published: The Global Mirror Feb'25 “The post-Assad era in Syria isn’t just a political shift—it’s the next move in a high-stakes game.” - Unknown Introduction D efenestrating the Assad Family from a 5-decade-long rule, Mohammad al-Jolani has become the ‘benign theocrat’ who would be replacing a ‘secular autocrat’ in Damascus. However, it would be naive to consider that the civil war in Syria is over or even close to that. Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain rightly says, “We are past the stage where one could luxuriously explain the backdrop of this hugely complex situation which has the potential to upset the entire apple cart of the Middle East.” [1] However, for the sake of history, the conundrum in Syria isn’t just a political strife between the Russia-Iranian-backed Assad Regime and the Turkey-US-backed Syrian Salvation Government of Idlib, but it includes forces of t...
