Syria Security Situation Has Deteriorated Under Former al-Qaeda Member Al-Jolani
Al-Sharaa, also known as Al-Jolani, a former al-Qaeda member who is now the head of HTS and interim president of Syria. Photo courtesy of Al-Khanadeq. The most dramatic change in Syria under the new government is the security environment. Minorities, Christians, Kurds, and Alawites, all make the same point: for all its faults, the Assad regime was secular. A secular strongman is repressive, but