Russia and Iran sent in troops to keep Assad in power, while China ran cover for him at the United Nations, using its U.N. Security Council veto to block eight resolutions pertaining to the Syrian civil war. The pragmatic Chinese are unlikely to see a reason not to shrug off the defeat of Assad and rebuild a profitable relationship with the rebels who ousted him, while HTS clearly wants money and international support, and it will have a much easier time forgiving China’s economic support for Assad than Russia’s military assistance to the late regime. The Hindu recently pointed out one bit of unfinished business that might complicate the new relationship between Beijing and Damascus — some of those Uyghurs who joined the rebellion against Assad are still in Syria and they hold important positions in the new Syrian army.
Author: John Hayward, John Hayward
Published at: 2025-04-29 22:51:50
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