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Turkey Rewrites Syria: Topple, Tame, Trade

After Assad's fall in December 2024, Turkey moved rapidly to dominate Syria's reconstruction — securing $11B in energy and airport contracts, launching a gas pipeline into Aleppo, and reopening a land trade corridor through Syria to Jordan and the Gulf, pivoting the country from Iran's sphere to Turkey's.

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Source Score
Topple, Tame, Trade: How Turkey Is Rewriting Syria's Future European Council on Foreign Relations 92%
Turkey Secures Dominant Role in Syria's Reconstruction with $11 Billion in Energy, Airport Deals Turkish Minute 78%
Turkey to Reopen Land Trade Corridor to Jordan, GCC Through Syria by 2026 Gulf News 82%

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Narration + Stagehand commands

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[map.view lat=36.0 lon=36.5 zoom=5]
[entity.propose id="city:aleppo" type="city" name="Aleppo" lon=37.16 lat=36.20]
[entity.propose id="city:damascus" type="city" name="Damascus" lon=36.29 lat=33.51]
[entity.propose id="city:kilis" type="city" name="Kilis" lon=36.72 lat=36.72]
[map.highlight entity="country:turkey" color="#38bdf8"]
[map.highlight entity="country:syria" color="#f59e0b"]
[map.arrow from="city:kilis" to="city:aleppo" label="Gas pipeline — operational Aug 2025"]
[map.label entity="city:aleppo" text="6M m³/day — Azerbaijani gas"]
[map.label entity="city:damascus" text="Corridor to Jordan reopening"]

[chat.say source="ecfr_turkey_syria_trade_2026"]
Assad fell in December 2024. Two months later, Turkish trucks were crossing Syria toward the Gulf.
Topple. Tame. Trade.

[scene.title kind=chapter eyebrow="Clio Short" title="Turkey Rewrites Syria" subtitle="$11B in contracts, a gas pipeline, and a trade corridor to the Gulf"]
[map.view lat=30.0 lon=38.0 zoom=4]
[map.highlight entity="country:jordan" color="#f59e0b"]
[map.highlight entity="country:saudi_arabia" color="#f59e0b"]
[map.arrow from="city:damascus" to="country:jordan" label="Land corridor reopening 2026"]
[scene.title kind=clear]

[chat.say source="turkishminute_syria_11b_2025"]
Eleven billion dollars in energy and airport contracts — secured before the dust settled.
The Kilis–Aleppo gas pipeline moved six million cubic meters a day before most reconstruction conferences had been scheduled.
Turkey and Syria signed a joint economic committee. Tariffs on 269 Turkish products dropped.
Syria went from Iran's corridor to Turkey's corridor in under a year.

[scene.title kind=outro title="Turkey Rewrites Syria." subtitle="Follow Clio for more geopolitical intelligence."]