Parts of Syria remain in stasis despite the country's recent massive upheaval.
HTS leader discussed wheat supplies with Ukraine after Russia cut Syria off due to ousting of Assad.
‘He also expressed his hope that the new US administration headed by Donald Trump would lift sanctions on the country,’ Julani said to Al-Arabiya.
In an exclusive interview, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar shared his vision, laying bare the challenges and opportunities ahead for Israel on the international stage.
Julani’s new government is now eyeing the consolidation of international legitimacy as the new Syria.
Protesters held crosses and the new national flag of Syria as they called for an end to "injustice and sectarianism against Christians."
Our approach should be humanitarian aid, yes, but no to US reconstruction aid or sanctions relief until Syria is unambiguously not jihadist.
The West must view the Middle East and its leaders through a realistic lens. Julani is not pragmatic in the Western sense but a sophisticated strategist.
Whether Julani sees himself as a more moderate version of Assad or as the political head of a democratically elected, representative government is the question.
Asma al-Assad moved to Syria in 2000 and married Assad in the same year at the age of 25.
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