This is Beirut, 06/12 16:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa Doha Israel
President Ahmed al-Sharaa warned Saturday that Israel's demand for a demilitarized zone in southern Syria would endanger his country, as Israeli forces continue to operate in the area. Israel sent troops into a UN-patrolled buffer zone, which has separated Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights since 1974. Sharaa's Islamist forces ...
Seth J. Frantzman , 12/11 16:00 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria Washington United States Donald Trump Ahmad al-Sharaa
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa visited the White House on Monday for a historic meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump that capped a year in which Damascus has rapidly come in from the cold and reintegrated into the international community. Sharaa has helped steer Syria through this complex path, beginning with pushing the Assad regime out of ...
This is Beirut, 11/11 20:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria United States Ahmad al-Sharaa
On the streets of Damascus on Tuesday, Syrians viewed their leader's visit to Washington as a shift towards the West that could pave the way to reviving the country's war-battered economy. On Monday, Donald Trump received Ahmad al-Sharaa, a first for a Syrian head of state since independence in 1946 and a crowning achievement for the ...
This is Beirut, 10/11 15:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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According to Reuters, Syrian authorities have thwarted two separate Islamic State (IS) plots to assassinate President Ahmed al-Sharaa in recent months, in what officials described as a direct threat to the leader as he prepares to join a U.S.-led coalition against the militant group. Two senior officials, one Syrian and one from the broader ...
This is Beirut, 10/11 08:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa is to meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday for unprecedented talks, just days after Washington removed him from a terrorism blacklist. Sharaa, whose rebel forces ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad late last year, will be the first Syrian leader to visit the White House since the ...
This is Beirut, 09/11 14:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa United States Donald Trump
Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in the United States on Saturday for a landmark official visit, his country's state news agency reported, a day after Washington removed him from a terrorism blacklist. Sharaa, whose rebel forces ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad late last year, is due to meet US President Donald Trump at the ...
This is Beirut, 07/11 14:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam White House Donald Trump United Nations Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa
President Ahmed al-Sharaa will become Syria's first leader to pay an official visit to the White House on Monday, a crowning achievement for the ex-jihadist who, since taking power, has ended his country's isolation. Sharaa, whose rebel forces ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad late last year, will meet President Donald Trump during the ...
Paul Guillot, 06/11 16:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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According to a draft obtained by The Associated Press, the U.S. is asking the Security Council to remove a set of sanctions imposed on Ahmad al-Sharaa and his Interior Minister Anas Hasan Khattab. The resolution could be put to a vote as early as Thursday. To pass, it must secure at least nine votes and avoid a veto from any of the five permanent ...
This is Beirut, 29/10 17:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa Future Investment Initiative Saudi Arabia
Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Wednesday his country had managed to secure $28 billion worth of investments in the past 10 months following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's government last year. The president cited the figure while speaking in Riyadh at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, where he ...
This is Beirut, 15/10 18:33 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Wednesday he wanted to "redefine" relations with Moscow as Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted him in their first meeting since key Kremlin ally Bashar al-Assad was ousted last year. In front of the television cameras, Putin greeted Sharaa warmly at the Kremlin, but behind closed doors the ...
Mario Chartouni, 15/10 14:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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This Wednesday, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa is visiting Moscow to meet Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin. According to Reuters, he may request the extradition of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has been taking refuge in Russia since fleeing Damascus in December 2024. Behind this politically charged episode lies a longstanding and ...
This is Beirut, 05/10 13:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa Syrian Parliament Parliamentary Elections
Members of local committees in Syria began on Sunday selecting members of a transitional parliament in a process criticized as undemocratic, with a third of the members appointed directly by interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa. The assembly's formation is set to consolidate the power of Sharaa, whose Islamist forces led a coalition that ...