NPR doesn’t say anything about it and almost certainly doesn’t know, but al-Sharaa is a Sunni jihadi, and so he doesn’t want ties with Shia Iran. He’d much rather deal with Sunni Turkey.
“Syria’s new leader denounces Iran, calling its proxies a regional threat,” by Greg Myre and Jawad Rizkallah, NPR, February 4, 2025:
DAMASCUS, Syria – Syria’s interim president said Iranian militias that previously operated in the country were not only harmful to it, but also a threat to the wider region.
The president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, led the rebel group that seized control of Syria in December, ousting dictator Bashar al-Assad and the Iranian forces that supported him.
In a wide-ranging interview on Syrian television, Sharaa said Iranian forces were used to “fuel instability” in Syria and other neighboring states.
“The presence of Iranian militias under the previous [Syrian] regime posed a strategic threat to the entire region,” said Sharaa.
Iran’s once strong presence in Syria has almost entirely vanished. Iranian forces fled as Assad was overthrown in December, and the country’s embassy in Damascus remains shuttered….
Sharaa traveled to Turkey on Tuesday for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who’s expected to play a key role as Syria attempts to overcome the ravages of a civil war that lasted nearly 14 years.
Some 3 million Syrians are still refugees in Turkey, which would like to see them return home. Turkish construction companies are well-positioned to play a leading role in rebuilding Syria, where more than half the population was driven from its homes….
Some European countries are exploring the prospect of increased contacts with Syria. However, President Trump has shown little interest in engaging with the new Syrian government.
“We’re not involved in Syria. Syria is in its own mess. They’ve got enough messes over there. They don’t need us involved,” Trump said recently….
Tony says
Turkey is the Muslim State behind the Muslim leaders in Syria against America, Israel, and all Non-Muslims. Like a Foreign Terrorist Organization(FTO) designated by the USA Secretary of State, Islam is a MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANIZATION(MTO) against Non-Muslims and NOT A PEACEFUL RELIGION UNDER WESTERN LAWS(Quran 2:216; 4:95; 8:12,39,74; 9:5,29,41,49, 21:921; 88,111,123;21:92; 49:15 and more). More specifically, Islam is a Muslim Terrorist Ideology and Criminal Enterprise of continuous war, discrimination, segregation, supremacy, genocide, polygamy, propaganda, deceit, hatred, incitement, sedition, rape, terrorism, and violence against all Non-Muslims as taught in the Quran. Fundamentally, Islam funds, teaches, and promotes a Terrorist Criminal Organization with Muslims as Terrorists for Allah.
The FRUIT of Islam is incessant WAR, terrorism, discrimination, malice, and violence against all Non-Muslims; this FACT must be taught and broadcast to the general public to prohibit Islam, its Mosques, and its Schools. Also, Islam is an Antichrist System terrorizing Israel, Christians, and Non-Muslims. Plus, there is NO EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW in Islam or in Islamic Law(Quran 98:6-7; 9:29 and more). In Sahih Bukhari(V6,B60,N80), Abu Huraira narrates, “‘You(Muslims) are the best of peoples ever raised for mankind.’ means, the best of peoples for the people, as you bring them[Non-Muslims] with chains on their necks till they embrace Islam[see Quran 3:110].” See also Quran 3:22,151; 69:30-32; 98:6.
Non-Muslims CANNOT have peace with Islam and its Muslims because Islam and its murderous god, Allah, demand a continuous, Muslim war against unbelievers where Non-Muslims are CRIMINALS under Islam when Allah in Qur’an 8:39 says, “And engage in war with them[Non-Muslims] until there will not be sedition and the religion will be completely to Allah…” HENCE, NON-MUSLIMS MUST MAKE ISLAM, ITS MOSQUES, ITS SCHOOLS, ITS ORGANIZATIONS, ETC. ILLEGAL UNDER THE LAW. Similarly, Islam and its many Organizations must be identified and publicly declared to be MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS for their funding, teaching, and support of terrorism, violence, and discrimination against Non-Muslims(eg. Quran 9:5,29,111 and more).
Western Muslims seek to ensure Islam’s legitimacy against Non-Muslim societies, to impose Islamic Law in Western Legal Systems, and to advance Islam’s totalitarian goals to conquer the West. Consequently, Islam promotes a limitless, terroristic, Muslim war against unbelievers when Allah in Qur’an 49:15 says, “Surely the believers are only those who believed in Allah and his messenger. They do not doubt, and they performed JIHAD with THEIR MONEY AND THEIR LIVES for the sake of Allah. Those are the truthful.”
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Good call from President Trump. Last thing we need to do is endorse Turkish hegemony in the region
Destruction of Palmyra and Syria says
Putin’s puppet Bashar Assad has destroyed Syria. If his brother Bassel Assad had not had a fatal accident, this would never have happened. People from all over the world would still come to Syria to see Palmyra. Bassel Assad, the late brother of Bashar Assad, never liked Russia and Hezbollah.In the end, Putin betrayed his puppet.