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Ahmed al-Sharaa

Saad Alnassife

A year after Assad, Syria and the world wait to see if Sharaa is democrat or despot

A grocer’s boy turned jihadist warlord, Ahmed al-Sharaa is celebrating the anniversary of his conquest of a broken country that still fears his intentions

Sat 6 Dec 2025

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