Syrian Regime’s UN Return Masks Ongoing Threats to Regional Stability and American Interests

On the surface, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s arrival in New York for this year’s United Nations General Assembly marks an ostensible diplomatic milestone: the first Syrian head of state in nearly six decades to enter this arena. But beneath this veneer lies a far more complex and troubling reality that demands scrutiny through an America First lens. Al-Sharaa’s ascendancy follows the dramatic ousting of longtime Assad rule, a regime whose 50-year grip on Syria culminated in fourteen years of brutal civil war that devastated the country and destabilized the Middle East. Yet, despite his promises of coexistence and reconstruction, al-Sharaa...