Still open: waiting on events (2026).
P355
The US will lift all sanctions on Syria to draw its new government into the war against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
What Jiang said
“America is going to lift all sanctions on Syria and I think the idea is to bring in Syria into the war against Lebanon.”
Analysis
He cites al-Sharaa/al-Jolani's participation at the NATO Ankara summit as evidence Washington is courting Syria specifically to turn it against Hezbollah as part of isolating Iran's proxies.
Status history
- 2026-07-12 · Pending (claude_extract)