By Tom Hussain
Some US$20 billion of foreign investment and financial aid is set to pour into Syria over the next few years, kick-starting the reconstruction of the war-torn country after Western sanctions were lifted two months ago.
But the desperately needed funds forthcoming from Gulf Arab, Turkish and Western firms remain tied to Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa鈥檚 willingness to reach some kind of Washington-backed peace agreement with an antagonistic Israel, according to several Middle East experts who…