“The Syrian civil war may have entered its endgame, but its final stages will be messy and protracted as key stakeholders attempt to shape Syria’s end state in their interests. The winding down of the U.S.-led campaign against ISIS has re-exposed all of the latent fault lines in Syria, provoking new conflicts. Recent hostilities between Israel and Syria and Iran are only the latest and most dangerous manifestation of this perilous phase, while U.S. relations with Turkey over Syria’s fracture future are now at a ‘crisis point,’ according to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson this week.”
Source: After ISIS, the US Faces Its Next Battle: Syria’s Erupting Fault Lines – Defense One