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Tue · 25 Aug 2026

Syria's al-Sharaa Warns Against Using Country as Stage for Foreign Ambitions

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Syria's al-Sharaa Warns Against Using Country as Stage for Foreign Ambitions

🇸🇾 DAMASCUS — Syria's new leader just told everyone to stop using his country as a chessboard. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Al-Sharaa's warning lands while Israeli strikes on Syrian territory continue and Iran's supply corridors through Syria remain contested. "Foreign conspiracies" names Tehran and Ankara without naming them; "ambitions of others" is aimed at Israel. Damascus asserting neutrality now signals Sharaa is trying to prevent Syria from becoming a second Lebanese front as Doha negotiations define the region's next order.