Commentary: Syria’s transition offers Malaysia PM Anwar a platform to expand influence

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The fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria presents Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim with an opportunity to reignite a network of alliances that had floundered in recent years, says Sophie Lemiere, a political anthropologist who specialises in Malaysian politics. KUALA LUMPUR: A few days after the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria last month, Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim gave an address at a conference in Kuala Lumpur, calling for a peaceful transition of power free of sectarian divides.

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