'Syria's Ahmad al-Sharaa could be pushed toward a pragmatic, even technocratic form of Islamism'
- Posted on December 18, 2024
- By Le Monde
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'Syria's Ahmad al-Sharaa could be pushed toward a pragmatic, even technocratic form of Islamism'
NEWS ANALYSIS. The victory of the leader of HTS, the al-Qaida-based armed group that toppled Bashar al-Assad, could accelerate his shift from jihadism to conservative Islamism within a national framework, writes Gilles Paris, editorial writer at Le Monde in his column.