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Erdoğan and Syria’s interim president al-Sharaa shake hands in Ankara, February 4, 2025. Al-Sharaa seeks Gulf funding for Syria’s reconstruction. (Photo: OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)

By Shlomo Ben-Ami, Project Syndicate | Feb 14, 2025

Whether Israel likes it or not, Turkey is better positioned to dominate in the new, post-Assad Syria. In lieu of a Western-style democracy – which is not in the offing – an Islamist regime whose leader has announced the disbanding of 18 armed militias and called for peace with Israel is about the best outcome Israel could hope for.

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