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A New Dilemma in Syria As Government Is Embraced by the West | Opinion

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U.S. dropped $10 million bounty on Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa , formerly known by his nom de guerre, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani .

France and Germany are the highest-ranking Western officials to visit Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime last month .

Israel must ensure that the new Syrian government, along with the HTS forces behind it, does not pose a security threat.

Pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's government to withdraw Israeli forces from the buffer zone.

The stakes are high, and the future of the Middle East rests, once again, on an unpredictable path forward. YaakovKatz is the co-author of the forthcoming book "While Israel Slept " and is a senior fellow at JPPI , a global Jewish think tank based in Jerusalem . The views expressed in this article are the writer's own. Related Articles Start your unlimited Newsweek trial.