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DW: UN official fears Syria could resemble Libya after war

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None of Syria’s neighbors, such as Turkey, Jordan and Iraq, nor invested powers like the United States and the Gulf countries, want the strategic nightmare of a truly failed [Syrian] state and the chaos it would unleash on their borders. 

Yet “the lack of trust and political common ground between al-Sharaa’s government and other Syrian communities is a serious issue for the new government,” Kelly Campa, Middle East deputy team lead at the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War, told DW.