Daniel Balson

Dec 2, 2024 | jstribune.com | Daniel Runde |Melinda Haring |Daniel Balson |Robert Silverman

Turkish-backed Arab jihadists have taken Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, and are moving on Hama, the former capital of the Muslim Brotherhood-led revolt in 1981-1982. Here is my bottom line upfront – the realistic best option for Syria is survival of the Assad regime, with further weakening of its Iranian support – and following are three observations.