This is ridiculous. I’m no expert on Syria that shit is bananas complicated.

But a guy aspiring to get closer to gulf states along with Israel, France, the US and Turkey is not a good guy. He’s also literally al qaeda.

Assad ain’t good. But weapons and support flowed through Syria to hezbollah and the Palestinian resistance during his government. Objectively a good thing.

Iranian propaganda described as a crazy terrorist but turns out he is a ruthless pragmatic. He put on a suit and was welcomed by Macron and Trump. He promised to protect minorities. He allowed a dance festival. He even invited Jews to pray in Damascus.

His group war crimes are well documented , it is not merely an Iran propaganda point

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2026/country-chapters/syria#%3A~%3Atext=Since+February%2C+Israeli+officials+repeatedly%2Crising+food+prices+compounded+hardship.

https://stj-sy.org/en/syria-uscirf-annual-report-recommends-designating-syria-as-a-country-of-particular-concern-cpc/

Also don’t you find weird that he want a good relation with Russia and Israel who is occupying big chunk of Syria right now and breached Syrian sovereignty by killing Syrian under pretext of protecting the Druze?

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/28/syrias-al-sharaa-discusses-fate-of-russian-military-bases-with-putin

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/20/israel-says-it-hit-syrian-army-camps-in-the-south-after-druze-attacked

He allowed a dance festival. He even invited Jews to pray in Damascus.

You got easily tricked right?

https://www.newarab.com/news/sharaa-comments-backlash-over-damascus-sexy-dance-routine

Sharaa said he had directed authorities to ensure future national events are “linked to the customs and culture of Syria”.

Believe it or not, an ex-terrorist puppet is not fit to run a government. I see no world in which Syrians have dignity, as part of their country is being occupied and the new rulers are ok with it. If Syria ever establishes a democracy, the first issue will be liberating occupied territory.

Nobody wants to replace the tyrannical Baathist regime with a western puppet, but this seems to be the case. I don’t expect this government to hold onto power long, as they are quickly making themselves enemies of the public.