Syrian insider delivers stark warning, urges Israel to embrace opportunity for peace
Mzahem Alsaloum, a survivor of Assad-regime torture, warns that time is running out for Israel to support a new Syrian leadership eager to normalize ties
“My life is about surviving. It has been about surviving, and it still is in Syria,” says Mzahem Alsaloum, seated in an empty room of a Parisian hotel during the ELNET 2025 International Policy Conference. “I’m just like the Jewish ancestors who spent their lives always surviving.”
Alsaloum speaks with urgency and precision. A former Syrian intelligence analyst and now director of a global human intelligence firm, he says he is convinced that Syria is facing a new wave of destabilization—this time from the very actors the international community believes have lost ground.
