Their values may be garbage, but that's tangential.
Also culturally, Syrian are very close to Turks and benefitted a lot from ottoman administration and Sunni legalism, which is a big reason why I believe it is possible for them to have a (mostly) secular government. Sadly I think it is likely they will implement a dual government like Iran had, a theocracy with a democratically elected secular government. Which are more resilient, but bad news overall (still better than Assad regime tbh).
Citation and some kind of proof needed here. It is very dubious proposition.
> because within their in-groups they're scoring each other based on those ideals
Their ideals dont tend to be "transparency, anti-corruption and fairness". Those three tend to be fairly low on the list of ideals they score each other on. For example, Iranian regime is considered very corrupt.
> they're not gonna behave like Saddam and just light money on fire for their own flamboyant luxury.
That is just a matter of aesthetics. Not a measure of coruption.