Sharaa offered a brief word of congratulations to Trump on Monday in a statement posted on the encrypted messaging app Telegram. “The past decade has brought immense suffering to Syria, with the conflict devastating our nation and destabilizing the region,” Sharaa wrote. “We are confident that he is the leader to bring peace to the Middle East and restore stability to the region”. HTS was one of over ten militias, state actors, terrorist organizations, and other parties warring in battlefields of the Syrian Civil War for over a decade.
Sharaa, formerly known by the jihadi name “Abu Mohammed al-Jolani,” is the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an al-Qaeda offshoot militia formerly known as the Nusra Front. Jolani led the Nusra Front through much of the Syrian Civil War and remains in charge of HTS in the aftermath of the collapse of the Bashar Assad regime in late 2024. (Read More)
