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Can One Man Hold Syria Together?

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Photographs by Moises Saman At the end of January, Ahmed al-Sharaa stepped up to a podium in the presidential palace in Damascus, dressed in the olive-drab uniform of a military commander. Seven weeks had passed since he stunned the world by conquering most of Syria in an 11-day blitzkrieg that put an end to the 55-year dynastic rule of Bashar al-Assad and his father before him, Hafez al-Assad. In the interim, Sharaa had presented what seemed li…

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Can One Man Hold Syria Together?

A former jihadist has remade himself in a bid to remake a scarred and divided country.

5 days ago·Washington, United States

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Welt

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Government of Sharaa in Syria: Islamists will always remain Islamists

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa sees himself on a divine mission in the name of Allah. The announced inclusion of minorities does not take place. Europe should not support him on his Islamist course with billions.

5 days ago·Dortmund, Germany

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Gatestone Institute

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Syria: Terrorists in Suits and Ties

Al-Sharaa, on taking power in Syria in December, originally professed to be a "moderate." The Biden administration even lifted a $10 million bounty for his arrest, for previous terrorist activity linked to Al Qaeda, presumably in the hope of

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