Editorial: Le Monde

• Ahmed Al-Charaa, previously on the blacklists of the United Nations and Washington, has become the first Syrian president to be received in the Oval Office of the White House.
• The United Nations Security Council has lifted sanctions against Ahmed Al-Charaa and his Interior Minister, Anas Khattab.
• Donald Trump has supported a Syrian transition in hopes of addressing the country's massive challenges.
• The new Syrian power needs the removal of the drastic sanctions put in place following the brutal repression of Bashar Al-Assad's regime.
• A modus vivendi with the Kurdish minority, often despised by Damascus, must be found.
• The new power must strive to prevent and judge acts of violence against the Alawite and Druze minorities.
• The Islamic State is showing alarming resilience, taking advantage of the disorder created by the fall of Bashar Al-Assad.

Conclusion: The stabilization of Syria depends on the successful power transition to Ahmed Al-Charaa, and international support is needed to overcome the numerous challenges facing the country.

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