The Washington Post: The continued presence of foreign fighters in Syria may now pose a major challenge to the Syrian President
The Washington Post warned that the continued presence of foreign fighters within Syrian territory could pose a major challenge to the Syrian transitional President Ahmed al Sharaa and threaten the stability of the country’s transitional phase.
The American newspaper explained in a recent report that the continued presence of foreign fighters from multiple regions, including Europe and Central Asia, poses a growing political and security threat to the new Syrian administration and could negatively impact the ongoing political transition process.
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The Washington Post noted that this issue was raised following the recent meeting between US President Donald Trump and President Ahmed al Sharaa in Saudi Arabia, where the White House explained that Trump called on his Syrian counterpart to take decisive steps to deport all foreign fighters from Syria.
According to the Washington Post, some of these fighters expressed dissatisfaction with al Sharaa, accusing him of close ties to both the United States and Türkiye, reflecting rising tensions within some armed factions.
For her part, Bahiya Mardini, a member of the Constitutional Declaration Drafting Committee in Syria, stated that “Syrians want a country free of foreign fighters,” noting the possibility of studying the experiences of other countries, such as Afghanistan and Iraq, in dealing with this sensitive issue, with each case considered individually based on its level of integration into Syrian society.
In the same context, US Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack commended President al Sharaa’s efforts to address the issue of foreign fighters, stressing that tangible progress has been made in the measures taken to combat ISIS and stabilize security in liberated areas.
