The Fake Victory Parade in Syria Continues

Freedom Without Sovereignty

There was something laughably performative about British Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s recent trip to Syria. “It's very humbling to be here,” he said, with the familiar cadence of a man reading lines written for him. “Many Brits will have been moved to tears watching Syrians take to the streets to celebrate their freedom after the fall of Assad.” This victory lap for freedom was missing only one thing: actual freedom.

Even “The White Helmets,” the Western-funded, professionally marketed rescue group crafted for viral sympathy and deployed only in jihadist-controlled zones, were mentioned for the first time in years. The event felt like the closing scene of a feel-good movie, with staged call-backs and smiles serving to create a shallow attempt to make the audience believe in a happy ending. Fade to black.

The target audience for this bit was the Western audience, who are always hungry for the illusion of moral clarity tied up in a neat and easily digestible slogan. Mission accomplished. Democracy delivered. Above all, stability restored.

When we look past the choreographed optimism, you’ll find the Syria of today in a state of existential terror. While realizing the tragic realities of living under ever- tightening religious law and oppression is bad enough, foreign interests are gutting institutions, privatizing assets, and even taking over schooling. National sovereignty for this supposedly free and triumphant country has become a relic of the past. (A detailed list is below this essay)

Contrary to popular opinion, the tersely vacant political vacuum was not filled with a representative government worth celebrating. Syria has been carved up by foreign powers, its courts dissolved, its constitution suspended, and its leadership replaced with a jihadist who answers to Washington and Israel. Religious censorship is tightening, kidnappings are increasing, minorities are being purged, and basic freedoms are vanishing under a patchwork of Islamist rule and foreign corporate control. This isn’t the end of tribalism… It’s just the latest example of the West putting a brutal proxy in power to oppress a country to keep the region pliable and profitable.

To suggest such a transformation can be called meaningful reform is a slap in the face to the 200,000-plus dead and millions displaced during the Syrian Civil War that America cheered on and poured accelerant on. Liquidation is a far more accurate term. With the courts, constitution, and parliament vanishing along with Assad, who is only brought up as a talking point (SO YOU’RE SAY YOU WOULD PREFER ASSAD?) to quiet any criticism of the current regime, all that remains is a transitional authority with the convenient ability to ink nationally unfavorable border deals, normalize relations with Israel, and surrender territory.

This is not about Syria’s future. It’s about Israel’s security, Iran’s isolation, and the survival of Western hegemony. The expulsion of Christians and Alawites from their ancestral land, political prisoners, and the normalization of religious authoritarianism are now under a Western umbrella: acceptable causalities in the logic of foreign policy. We have seen the latest iteration of the corporate-globalist regime change: bleed a nation dry, fund its enemies, and when it collapses, install your proxies, dress them up, and call it progress.

Now, here’s the worst kept secret in the Middle East: Lebanon is next.

Here’s a list of active foreign deals and influence operations in Syria.

United States

• Oil Fields in Northeastern Syria
  Controlled by U.S. forces and their proxy, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
  American troops remain deployed to guard and manage these energy assets, particularly in Deir Ezzor and Hasakah.

• Aid and Stabilization Programs (via USAID and other NGOs)
  Ongoing in SDF-held areas, focusing on infrastructure, education, and governance training. These often bypass Damascus entirely, entrenching parallel governance.

European Union (via NGOs and development funds)

• Support for Education and Civil Society in Rebel/SDF Areas
  EU nations fund programs through NGOs in Idlib and Kurdish regions.

• Reconstruction Aid via Cross-Border Mechanisms
  Maintains humanitarian corridors through Turkey into opposition-held northwest Syria. Supports Turkish and UN-aligned governance structures.

Turkey

• Military and Administrative Control in Northern Syria
  Direct control over areas like Afrin, Jarabulus, and parts of Idlib. Turkish police, schools, hospitals, and currency (lira) dominate these regions.

• Infrastructure Projects
  Includes road repairs, power stations, and mobile networks operated by Turkish firms.

Saudi Arabia & Qatar

• Public Salary Support & Financial Rehabilitation
  In May 2025, Saudi Arabia pledged, alongside Qatar, financial assistance to Syrian government employees for three months following the lifting of Western sanctions.

• Infrastructure & Energy Investments

  Arab News reports Saudi participation (with Qatar) in a multi-billion-dollar energy reconstruction framework, covering electricity and telecommunications, including fiber-optic networks. Saudi Arabia’s KSRelief has partnered with WHO to deliver $4.75 million in medical services to over 50 health facilities in northwest Syria

• Funding Islamist Groups in Idlib
  Ongoing allegations of Qatari money reaching HTS-linked charities and civil services in Idlib. Often laundered through humanitarian fronts.

• Media and Diplomatic Influence
  Al Jazeera provides consistent updates on diplomatic summits and sanctions relief efforts, presenting Qatar and allies as architects of Syria’s post‑Assad reconstruction.