After Assad’s Fall, Syrian Refugees in Jordan inspire hope!

Описание: Subscribe here: https://bit.ly/eudebates The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime has marked a turning point in Syrian-Jordanian relations. For Jordan, Assad’s fall removes a regime that destabilized the country through smuggling networks and alliances with Iran. However, it also ushers in a new era of uncertainty, with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a terrorist group with Islamic Salafist roots, emerging as the dominant force in post-Assad Syria. Syria’s transition will force Jordan to address regional instability and the potential ideological spillover from HTS into its already delicate post-October 7 landscape.

At the heart of Jordan’s challenge lies a critical question: how to engage with Syria’s Islamist regime and mitigate the risks posed by a fraught transition while containing the Muslim Brotherhood and other domestic actors whose ideological alignment with HTS threatens to transform Jordanian society and politics?

Jordan’s Regional Challenges and Leadership
Jordan appears to have adopted a broader strategy of containment through engagement with the transitional regime. Amman must address pressing issues such as securing its 380-kilometer (around 236 miles) shared border with Syria to prevent the spillover of instability. Despite the collapse of Assad’s government and the rise of a transitional authority, the smuggling threat persists, as evidenced by recent exchanges of fire with drug traffickers attempting to infiltrate the kingdom. Additionally, facilitating the safe and voluntary repatriation of 1.3 million Syrian refugees, most of whom hail from southern Syria, remains a significant challenge. Resolving long-standing water-sharing disputes is another critical objective.

These disputes, which stagnated under the Assad regime, have exacerbated Jordan’s acute water scarcity, a challenge further amplified by hosting Syrian refugees for the past 13 years. In addition to seeking solutions to these pressing issues, Jordan is also positioning itself to benefit from Syria’s eventual reconstruction process. By securing construction contracts and participating in regional energy projects linked to Syria’s recovery, Amman hopes to address its own economic challenges.

To address these priorities, Jordan convened the Aqaba Summit as the cornerstone of its containment approach. The summit aimed to build consensus among Arab partners while securing the support of key international stakeholders — including the United States, United Kingdom, Turkey and the United Nations — to ensure a unified approach to Syria’s transitional regime. The meeting sought to address critical divides over Syria’s political trajectory, particularly disagreements on the inclusion of Islamist terrorist factions in its political framework and varying perspectives on the structure of its transitional political system.

Jordan’s containment strategy is further complicated by domestic dynamics, particularly the heightened aspirations of the Muslim Brotherhood following October 7. Over the past year, the Brotherhood has actively competed with the regime to dominate public sentiment and has increasingly adopted Hamas’s narrative. The Brotherhood’s growing assertiveness, fueled by its relatively strong standing in the recent September elections and its prioritization of transnational Islamist issues, has created fertile ground for external agendas to infiltrate Jordan’s political landscape, deepening dichotomy within Jordanian society and blurring the boundaries between domestic and regional priorities.

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