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Ex-Syrian Officials Plot Insurgency to Undermine New Government

12/24/2025

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Former Syrian officials, including top spymasters and generals, are reportedly plotting to undermine the new government that ousted Bashar al-Assad, the President of Syria.
They aim to reassert influence in Syria.
Some are building an armed insurgency from exile.
One leader supports a lobbying campaign in Washington.
Assad and his family, now living in Moscow, symbolize the brutal autocracy that has defined Syria for decades.

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Story summary

Former Syrian officials, including top spymasters and generals, are reportedly plotting to undermine the new government that ousted Bashar al-Assad, the President of Syria.
They aim to reassert influence in Syria.
Some are building an armed insurgency from exile.
One leader supports a lobbying campaign in Washington.
Assad and his family, now living in Moscow, symbolize the brutal autocracy that has defined Syria for decades.