ISIS is beaten and attacks are below fifty, but the conditions that produced it remain latent; Iranian expansion, not US retreat, could reactivate them.
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Syria’s authorities reject sectarian quotas but concentrate power narrowly, leaving minorities outside decision-making while new radicalism threatens stability.
Turkey and Israel now compete over Syria’s airspace and centralized army, while Washington tries to contain dangerous escalation.
Gulf investors still fund projects abroad, but resilience, supply-chain redundancy, and corridor security now shape where capital goes.
Syria seeks Pakistani weapons via Saudi and Turkish channels to bypass Moscow, Western sanctions, and Iranian paramilitary dependence.
Iraq’s future now hinges on militia control, regional stability, stronger institutions, and post-withdrawal security arrangements.
Saudi Arabia’s latest security decisions reveal a changing regional balance that increasingly sidelines Israel from emerging strategic arrangements.
Syria’s Druze enclave survives through trafficking and Israeli funds, but isolation and youth anger may soon fracture al-Hijri’s fragile rule.
Growing concerns over prisons, security gaps, and insurgent networks raise new questions about Iraq’s future stability after the American withdrawal.
Repeated attacks on Syria’s gas infrastructure signal the country remains unsafe for energy transit, benefiting those who prefer Damascus weak.