Sharaa made the comments during an appearance on Monday on the British podcast Leading, hosted by interviewers Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell. The conversation included discussions on the recently concluded Syrian civil war, the country’s relationship with its neighbors, Sharaa’s assessment of Trump, and the impact of the war on him as a person.
Sharaa took over Syria after toppling the regime of former dictator Bashar Assad, who fled the country after HTS entered Damascus on December 7. HTS is an al-Qaeda offshoot militia that was one of several actors fighting in the Syrian Civil War, which began in 2011 and ultimately attracted a large variety of warring parties including jihadists such as the Islamic State that did not directly fight Assad. For most of the war, Sharaa used the nom de guerre “Abu Mohammed al-Jolani” and took orders from al-Qaeda terrorists. (Read More)