Syria’s ongoing cooperation with the OPCW to eliminate and destroy remaining al-Assad-era chemical weapons, supported internationally but hindered by major technical and financial challenges.

Egyptian–Syrian relations are cautiously improving after al-Assad’s fall, but remain constrained by political, security, and diplomatic reservations over Syria’s new leadership and ambassadorial representation.

The Syrian street is steadily turning up the pressure on the country’s new leadership to lock in the principles of transitional justice and hold those responsible for crimes against civilians to account after years of Bashar al-Assad’s rule.

Sheikh Ghazal Ghazal, long aligned with al-Assad, now uses sectarian rhetoric to challenge Syria’s new state and stir division on the coast.

After al-Assad’s fall, Lebanon has become a temporary haven for former Syrian officers wanted internationally, prompting arrest requests and potential judicial cooperation with Syria.