Since Israel’s deployment of forces in Syria following the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024 and the advent of the new regime there, Qatar has been acting to open a new front against Israel on the Syrian border in the guise of popular resistance. Qatar has made direct attempts to recruit Syrian activists for this purpose, sometimes going over the head of the new Syrian regime, headed by Ahmed Al-Sharaa, aka Abu Muhammad Al-Joulani, previously the head of the Islamist terror organization Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham.  It should be noted that Qatar’s attempts to open a new front against Israel in Syria could undermine the new regime’s efforts to cultivate a moderate and pragmatic image, efforts that Qatar – which is sponsoring the new regime – has itself been promoting.

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