Can Syria’s New Leaders Be Trusted?

Syria's fragile peace shatters again as Druze-Bedouin clashes erupt, Israel strikes, and questions swirl around ex-jihadist-led transitional leaders. Can post-Assad Syria survive its own protectors?


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00:00 Introduction
01:24 Suwayda, Broken.
05:20 State Involvement
11:12 Questions of Complicity

References
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/07/18/in-syria-a-cycle-of-revenge-engulfs-the-druze-city-of-sweida_6743497_4.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70xyv4z74go
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/07/16/syria-vegetable-seller-hijacked-triggers-tit-for-tat-kidnap/
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/clashes-druze-militias-sunni-bedouin-clans-syria-kill-123729033
https://apnews.com/article/syria-druze-bedouin-clashes-israel-f066b472abcb9c1d546b4e3d713feadd
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-syria-agree-ceasefire-israel-allows-syrian-troops-limited-access-sweida-2025-07-18/
https://apnews.com/article/syria-hts-druze-clashes-0acfaf3b59c492e29ede352217bef921
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/clashes-druze-militias-sunni-bedouin-clans-syria-kill-123729033#:~:text=Rami%20Abdurrahman%2C%20who%20heads%20the%20observatory%2C%20said,Ministry%20described%20the%20situation%20as%20a%20dangerous
https://apnews.com/video/syrian-tv-news-presenter-runs-for-cover-as-israeli-strikes-hit-defense-ministry-building-644ee16421e542f4be72123cd7842e13
https://apnews.com/video/tense-scenes-in-sweida-as-druze-bedouin-clashes-threaten-to-undermine-syrias-fragile-peace-8f4c988b8d5a4f2aa00ab605ba1b8d29
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