(UPDATE) LONDON — Leaders of Western governments are 'quietly optimistic' about the sudden transition in Syria, but the militant past of its new Islamist leaders has left foreign capitals looking for a strategy and remain worried about the future, analysts said.
The G7 countries will decide whether to support the transitional government of Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which spearheaded the ouster of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, at a virtual meeting on Friday.
WORK TO DO Syria's transitional Prime Minister Mohammad al-Bashir chairing a meeting of the new Cabinet in Damascus, on Dec. 10, 2024. AFP Photo