{"id":376758,"date":"2026-09-08T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T09:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/whats-syrias-strategic-relevance-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T10:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T09:00:35","slug":"whats-syrias-strategic-relevance-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/whats-syrias-strategic-relevance-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Syria&#8217;s strategic relevance? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/Fvupm1lbY-8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What's Syria's strategic relevance? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fvupm1lbY-8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad&#8217;s regime in December 2024, Syria&#8217;s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has sought to reshape the country\u2019s foreign ties. While longtime ally Iran has lost ground, Russia is working to maintain its foothold. In the meantime, other regional powers, such as Turkey and the Gulf states, are vying for influence. The EU and the US are also recalibrating their approach to Syria. Why do so many states are cozying up to al-Sharaa? <\/p>\n<p>#geoboard #dwgeopolitics #syria <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baReddit: https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/DWNews\/<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad&#8217;s regime in December 2024, Syria&#8217;s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has sought to reshape the country\u2019s foreign ties. While longtime ally Iran has lost ground, Russia is working to maintain its foothold. In the meantime, other regional powers, such as Turkey and the Gulf states, are vying for influence. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":376759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-376758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What&#039;s Syria&#039;s strategic relevance? | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch What&#039;s Syria&#039;s strategic relevance? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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