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Less than two weeks after Ahmad al-Sharaa ousted Bashar al-Assad in Syria, a U.S. State Department delegation arrived in ...

A parody news account shared a fabricated image of Syrian Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa meeting with Israeli Prime ...

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Syria Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 14, 2025. Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace/AP ...

Syria's de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is rebuilding his government following the fall of the Assad regime.At a meeting with the Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan, he vowed that all weapons ...

As European and Arab leaders rush to meet Syria’s new leader, Israel calls for caution Ahmed al-Sharaa is hoping to convince the world that he’s left his jihadist past behind, but FM Gideon Sa ...

Ahmed al-Sharaa is the current president of Syria, having also ousted the regime of dictator Bashar al-Assad with his armed rebel Islamist movement Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). He is also known by ...

Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syria's new leader and head of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel group, hosted a Ukrainian delegation led by Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha on Monday. The meeting is an effort ...

Ahmed al-Sharaa rose from al Qaeda militant to Syrian leader. President Trump's decision to lift U.S. santions on Syria is a major boost for Sharaa.

Last December, after years of building a powerful armed faction—Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, classified internationally as a terrorist group—Ahmed al-Sharaa and his rebel alliance toppled Bashar ...