Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa is facing a critical challenge: how to pivot from an insurgency to a civilian government without replicating the endemic corruption of ousted President Bashar Assad's reviled police state. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/01/world/politics/syria-law-loyalists-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #syria #corruption #ahmedalsharaa