Breitbart.com reports: “China’s envoy to the United Nations declared on Tuesday that Beijing is seeking to ‘play a constructive role’ in the future of Syria following the fall of Chinese ally Bashar Assad…

Assad’s regime held on over a decade of civil war through its connections with Russia and Iran. By extension, Assad maintained close relations to communist China. Assad last visited China in September 2023, seeking foreign investment and diplomatic support. Unlike Russia and Iran, however, China is not known to have provided military assistance to Assad, meaning it has never directly engaged in hostilities against HTS.

While China is not a major player in the Middle East, it has aggressively sought to elevate its profile in the region through its alliance with Iran. The Communist Party brokered a delicate diplomatic agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia in 2023 and has been a vocal supporter of anti-Israel Muslim countries in the aftermath of the October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist massacre in the country.

With Assad gone, the Chinese government, a regime currently engaging in a genocide of Muslim people within its own borders, demanded an immediate ‘stabilization’ of the situation in Syria and suggested it could take on a greater role in bringing it about…”