Sectarian violence risks dividing Syria despite Sharaa’s diplomacy

By Samia Nakhoul and Timour Azhari

QARDAHA/JARAMANA, Syria (Reuters) -Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has won major diplomatic victories since seizing power nine months ago, but he risks losing the battle that matters most: to hold his deeply divided country together.

In Syria’s northeast, Kurdish forces are resisting integration into the state after 14 years of civil war, and are demanding a new constitution to recognize their rights. In the southeast, members of the Druze community are…