Syria’s Profound Internal and Foreign Challenges – Jerusalem Studio

Less than two weeks after Bashar el-Assad fled Damascus for Moscow and the IDF destroyed the bulk of the Syrian air, naval, missile, and research and development power, future prospects for Syria both internally and externally remain vague. Who will eventually control it? Will Syria become a sovereign nation in fact and not only in title, as it was when Assad’s rule rested on Russian and Iranian support? Will Turkey call the shots? Can peaceful pronouncements vis-a-vis Israel co-exist with Jihadi ideology?