Replacing Iran with Turkey Is a Recipe for Disaster in Syria
Hussain Abdul-Hussain | July 30, 2025
Ethno-religious map of Syria. (Photo by Tanvir Anjum Adib – Own work based on File:Syria adm location map.svg and File:Syria Ethno-religious composition..jpg, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia)
The Syrian revolution was not an uprising for liberty, freedom, or democracy. It was a manifestation of Sunni Islamists, backed by Turkey and Qatar, venting their rage against the rule of Assad, supported by Shia Islamist Iran. Syria’s Sunni Islamists did not care that Assad was a brutal dictator; they sought to replace him with their own autocrat.









