Monday briefing: The mammoth task of rebuilding Syria - and how to achieve it

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The Telegraph has "Mandelson set to work with Farage on Trump", on the next ambassador to the US.
51% : This video report by DW in Homs shows former members of the military, including a former general, lining up to turn in weapons and military ID cards.
50% : Events are moving fast: yesterday, Sharaa, who previously went by the nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, said that his administration would announce their new defence and military structure within days, and reiterated that all armed factions would be dissolved and their weapons brought under state control.
46% : The EU and US still have sanctions in place for now, and say that they will only be lifted subject to significant steps towards an inclusive, non-sectarian government; one significant milestone on Friday was Washington's decision to remove a $10m bounty on Sharaa.
36% : "After 11 years of civil war involving disparate rebel groups that ended with the sudden dissolution of an oppressive state, a major risk to Syria's future is the prospect of those groups taking up arms again: hence the urgency of HTS's attempts to bring weapons under state control.
30% : But while most experts say that helping to rebuild Syria is a vital step for western security, Donald Trump may not be willing to provide US support.

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