Recent developments surrounding Syria show that the U.S. model for managing regional crises is not based on transparent political dialogue, but on behind-the-scenes security and economic mechanisms. The proposal to establish a “joint operations room” between Syria and the Zionist regime in Jordan—centered on disarming southern Syria and freezing the current border status quo—reveals that the primary objective is the security engineering of the environment surrounding the Zionist regime, not a genuine resolution of Syria’s root crisis. Plans to turn border areas into an economic zone financed by Persian Gulf states further indicate that this initiative is less political than it is an effort to fuse security, economics, and the geopolitical containment of Syria. The issuance of a joint statement following the trilateral Paris meeting has further underscored the seriousness of this scenario.
United States: A Crisis-Making Actor
U.S. mediation in this process is itself the clearest indication of the plan’s destabilizing nature. Washington’s record in West Asia and beyond is replete with military interventions, coups, sanctions, economic terrorism, and the structural destabilization of states. From stoking war in Ukraine to abducting Venezuela’s legitimate president, from destabilizing West Asia to threatening its European allies, the United States has demonstrated that it is anything but a broker of peace. Washington’s national security strategy explicitly prioritizes ensuring the security of the Zionist regime, dominating vital waterways, and confronting any threat to its own interests. In this light, the proposed joint operations room is not a peace initiative, but a tool for crisis management in the unilateral interests of the United States and Tel Aviv.
Jolani: Whitewashing a Terrorist Figure
The Syrian side of this equation—Jolani and the current ruling current in Damascus—is itself among the most opaque and problematic actors on the region’s security landscape. A former leader of the terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, long designated on terrorism lists and once carrying a bounty, Jolani is now being rebranded as a Western security partner. Reports from a year of this group’s rule point to the continued killing of civilians, organized crimes, and a worsening humanitarian situation in Syria. At the same time, efforts to normalize relations with the Zionist regime stand in clear contradiction to the will of the Syrian public—an opposition that has repeatedly manifested in popular protests. Entertaining ideas such as opening an Israeli liaison office in Damascus shows that Jolani’s priority is not Syria’s national interests, but securing the approval of Washington and Tel Aviv.
Zionist Regime: An Engine of Structural Insecurity
The third pillar of this joint operations room is the Zionist regime—a regime that over the past year has not only expanded its occupation from the Golan to Quneitra and the outskirts of Damascus, but has also targeted Syria’s military and security infrastructure. Its record—from genocide in Gaza and the West Bank to aggression against Syria and Lebanon—lays bare its terrorist and apartheid nature. Shielded by Western support, the regime has effectively become an instrument for carrying out the “dirty work” of extra-regional powers. From this perspective, the joint operations room is less a security mechanism than an attempt to pull the regime out of global isolation and entrench its occupation in Syria.
Taken together, the proposed joint arrangement involving the United States, the Zionist regime, and Jolani—despite lingering ambiguities—is, in essence, nothing more than a “sinister triangle” aimed at undermining regional security. This plan will not safeguard Syria’s security; rather, it will lay the groundwork for new crises whose repercussions will extend across all of West Asia. Under such conditions, convergence among regional states and independent international actors to counter this crisis-generating scenario is an undeniable necessity.
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