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Abu Dhabi bets on a new Syria

Arab Digest Newsletter / / GCC, Iran, Israel, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Türkiye, UAE, USA / 1 Comment

Ref: AD-2996

Summary: the UAE is moving briskly to entrench its presence in civil-war battered Syria but progress on that front can only move forward if its Abraham Accords partner Israel is pressured to end efforts to destabilise the regime of President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

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1 thought on “Abu Dhabi bets on a new Syria”

  1. Tawfiq Al-Ghussein

    The UAE is betting that money can buy influence in Syria. It probably can. But no amount of investment will stabilise the country if Israel continues to violate Syrian sovereignty and undermine Damascus. Reconstruction requires security, and security requires a state that controls its own territory. That is the contradiction at the heart of Abu Dhabi’s strategy.

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