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The regime’s measures against those it deems unfit for “reconciliation”
are continuing parallel to the integration of rank-and-file former
rebels into the regime’s security structures.
What is returning to Syria’s south, however, is not the status quo antebellum. Iran and its allies have a central role in the emergent power structure.
Indeed, the emergent reality is one in which it is difficult to discern
where precisely the Syrian state ends and Iran and its allies begin.
Syria’s southwest, which was the cradle of the uprising against Assad,
is now being transformed into the birthplace of a new Syria, in which
Iran and its allies form a vital and inseparable component.
Article:
https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/A-new-order-emerges-in-southern-Syria-as-Assad-rises-back-into-control-573181