The secret history of Syria’s new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa

SEMMAQIYEH. A week has passed since Syria's new president promised to end violence against minorities. Yet new refugees arrive in northern Lebanon every hour. They bring with them all the belongings they can carry – and terrible stories. “My language is not enough to describe the horror,” says doctor Ali.

The secret history of Syria’s new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa

Is the man once known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani intent on moderating or a brutal strongman?

Ahmed al-Sharaa is “inheriting a nightmare situation”

“Remember, scholars were saying Syria was on the verge of becoming a failed state.”

The Syrian presidency announced that President Ahmad al-Sharaa issued a decision today, Saturday, to pay an additional month's salary to state employees on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr...

Syria's transitional president for a period of "four to five years", Ahmed Al-Charaa first appeared as a jihadist in Iraq - under his name of war, Abu Mohammed Al-Julani - before becoming the graver of Bashar Al-Assad. Back on his itinerary.

Does the man who was once known as Abu Muhammad al-Jawlani intend to moderate himself, or is he a brutal despot?