Geopolitical games

AS the post-Assad dispensation takes shape in Syria, questions remain about how the international community will deal with the jihadists that are now calling the shots in Damascus.

While Mohammad al-Bashir may have been named interim prime minister, it is clear that the man to talk to in Syria is rebel warlord-turned-statesman Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a militant group sanctioned by the UN.

Ever since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Mr Jolani...