US officials and lawmakers fear a resurgence of Isis in Syria in the wake of the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, as they respond to the Middle East upheaval while grappling with their own political transition.
The sudden end of Syria’s brutal decades-old dictatorship has been cheered across the political spectrum in Washington, but it has caught Joe Biden’s administration on the back foot as it prepares to make way for Donald Trump’s inauguration.
From the White House to Capitol Hill and Trump’s resort in Mar-a-Lago there is anxiety that the security vacuum in Syria could be filled by Islamist terrorist groups that have been kept in check since coalition forces forced Isis out of the area five years ago.
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