Syria could allow Russia to keep its bases, new defense minister says
In an interview, Murhaf Abu Qasra, a onetime leader in Syria’s insurgency, discussed moves by authorities in Damascus to ...
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President Al-Sharaa
As Ahmad Al-Sharaa is inaugurated as Syria’s president, the country enters a new phase. Syria, which had endured years of coups—so much so that it was said Syrians could anticipate them before they ...
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Syria's Rebel Leader Ahmad al-Sharaa Appointed Interim President
Sharaa, the leader of Syria's rebel factions, was appointed as the interim president after the overthrow of Bashar Assad. As a former insurgent aligned with al-Qaida, al-Sharaa has promised pluralism ...
Syrian regime change: How rebel victories often lead to unstable, non-inclusive governments
Sharaa, has defended his decision to fill his cabinet with wartime loyalists and delay constitutional and electoral processes, describing these moves as pragmatic necessities for the ...
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Algerian Foreign Minister visits Syria amid changing regional dynamics
Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf paid an official visit to Damascus on Saturday, just four days after King Mohammed VI of Morocco congratulated Ahmed Al-Sharaa on assuming the Syrian presidency ...
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Who is rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, named interim president of Syria?
In less than two months, Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa has risen from rebel leader to interim president ... governments that still class HTS as a terrorist organisation. "He is a pragmatic radical," Thomas ...
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Syria: Ahmad al-Sharaa, Leader Of Rebels Who Toppled President Bashar Assad, Named Interim President
Sharaa, a rebel once aligned with al-Qaida, as Syria's president “in the transitional phase,” came after a meeting of the ...
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Who Is Ahmed Al-Awda, The Man Who Could Be A Threat To Syria's New Rulers?
He has been referred to by Western media and pundits as "Russia's man in the south" of Syria, and some see him as a potential threat to the country's new ruler, Ahmed al-Sharaa. His name is Ahmad ...
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Who Is Ahmed Al-Sharaa, Interim President Of Syria After Assad's Ouster
In less than two months, Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa has risen from rebel leader ... still class HTS as a terrorist organisation. "He is a pragmatic radical," Thomas Pierret, a specialist in political ...
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Lessons from Syria’s volatile past for its uncertain future
Amidst this turmoil, the elder Assad emerged as a pragmatic leader ... jihad by the newly ascendant organization’s leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa. Both figures sought to consolidate power by appointing ...
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Who is Ahmad al-Sharaa? Islamist rebel leader named Syria’s interim president
Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani ... al-Sharaa has undergone a striking transformation, presenting himself as a pragmatic leader for a post-Assad Syria. Born in 1982 in ...