China’s Syria bet fails: what lessons some Chinese want Beijing to learn
Bashar al-Assad was an ally of both Iran and Russia, Beijing's key partners. Here is how his fall is being seen in China.
Fall of Syria’s Assad narrows China’s diplomatic space in the Middle East
There is too much power in the hands of the US and regional actors like Turkey for China to play a key role After Russia and Iran's regional power projection, China's diplomacy is the most visible victim of the fall of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad at the hands of a coalition of rebel forces led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
China urges efforts to curb Syria's descent into division and a refugee crisis
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called for international efforts to prevent Syria from descending into further division and another refugee crisis, responding on Friday for the first time to the sudden collapse of Bashar al-Assad's Beijing-friendly regime last week.
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Asma Al-Assad In Exile? Searching For The Real Story Of Syria's Former First Lady
Despite her pleasant air and sense of fashion, the now former Syrian First Lady Asma al-Assad was bound to be tied to her husband's fate. Born and raised in the UK, she was respected by some for openly battling cancer and later adored in China for her glamour.
China’s diplomatic clout in Mideast at risk as threats build around ally Iran
However, with the downfall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, and the catastrophic loss of Hamas and Hezbollah during its war against Israel, Tehran faces mounting geopolitical threats with splintered regional proxies.
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Syria Is Not One of China’s Strategic Priorities
China’s leadership is not happy about the fall of Assad. But compared to Russia and Iran, Beijing had far less at stake.
Uyghur fighters in Syria vow to come for China next
The TIP has been based in Syria for more than a decade, with its members fleeing to the Middle East to escape China’s severe oppression of the Uyghurs, a largely Muslim minority group. Its fighters joined Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Islamist group that led the rebel offensive, in a thrust out of the north-west of Syria.
Syria-Xinjiang link: China warns leaders in Damascus not to threaten security elsewhere
A top Chinese envoy has warned Damascus's new government not to support terrorism as a Syria-based Islamic militant group sent messages to Muslims in China's Xinjiang region, urging them to wage attacks.
For Myanmar’s resistance fighters, Syria’s rebel victory fuels conviction all tyrants must fall
Myanmar has been consumed by civil war since February, 2021, when a military junta overthrew the country’s semi-democratic government in a coup

Syria, China and Post-Assad

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Post-Assad Syria: What It Means for China
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Russia accelerates Syria exit as it suspends grain supply
Russia has accelerated its military withdrawal from Syria and suspended a grain deal with the country over concerns about the rebel-led government.
China and Egypt agree on need to promote peace in Middle East
BEIJING - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing agreed with Egypt that both nations should promote peace and negotiations to achieve stability in the Middle East, amid several crises in the region including Syria,