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Syria flashes signs of peril and promise in a week of violence and diplomacy

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The peril and promise of Syria under interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa were on display over the past week .

After days of deadly sectarian violence, a diplomatic triumph united a powerful force in the country’s northeast with the new national army.

By Tuesday , it seemed as if Syria had made major steps toward quelling tensions that erupted over the weekend .

But analysts say the country still has a long way to go, and that the risks of sliding back into civil war, or partitioning the country along ethnic and sectarian lines, remain.

U.S. official: Turkey demanded assurances that SDF would remove foreign fighters linked to PKK .

Alawites and other minorities that were already skeptical of the Islamist -led authorities in Damascus are more frightened than they were a week ago .

The new Syrian government faces an array of challenges.