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Ahmed al-Sharaa
Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, formerly known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Julani, is a Syrian politician and former rebel commander who has served as the president of Syria since 2025. As the emir of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and de facto leader of the Syrian Salvation Government (SSG) during the Syrian civil war, he led the Syrian opposition offensives that resulted in the fall of the Assad…
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politics · President of Syria since 2025 · revolutionary · politician · partisan · also Ahmed al-Sharaa, Abu Mohammad al-Julani, Al-Julani, Al-Golani, al-Sharaa
Born 29 October 1982 · Q7934206
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2026· 29 entries
“Syria has managed to create a significant degree of consensus between countries that would find it difficult to agree on anything at this time.”
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“No matter how great the challenges, the will of the people is capable of overcoming them.”
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“Providing security and food for people is the core of Sharia law.”
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“Syria expresses its deep solidarity with the peoples suffering from climate disasters.”
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“Egypt and the Levant are two wings of one bird.”
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“experts who know the country”
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“s relationship with Moscow still in its early stages and emphasized that”
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“s goal was to remove Assad from power. Using his birth name, he outlined plans for establishing a government grounded in institutions and a”
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“We have built a government that meets our people”
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“establishing an Islamic state,”
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“Anyone who lived in the Islamic or Arab world at the time who tells you he wasn”
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Daily Sabah: Pakistan seeks stronger Syria ties as PM invites al-Sharaa
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Al Majalla: Ahmed al-Sharaa: the next battle
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Middle East Monitor: Al-Sharaa meets Turkish energy minister amid tensions following Israeli strike in Syria
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Legal Service India: Ahmed Al-Sharaa’s Vision for a New Syria: Reconstruction, Peace and Economic Recovery
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Enab Baladi: Israeli Minister Calls al-Sharaa "Next Enemy" Likens Syria to Gaza - Enab Baladi
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Al Jazeera: Ahmed al-Sharaa: A New Vision for Syria
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Israel National News: The Damascus Charade: Ahmed al-Sharaa belongs in the dock beside Assad
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weddings.lavenderhotels.co.uk: How Ahmed al-Sharaa Went From Al-Qaeda Fighter to Syrian Lea
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Public attention spiked: 12,943 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.8× the usual 2,713, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “The Damascus Charade: Ahmed al-Sharaa belongs in the dock beside Assad” (Israel National News).
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NDTV: From Al-Qaeda Fighter To Syrian President: The Rise Of Ahmed al-Sharaa
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Arab News: Syria’s Al-Sharaa directs $1m grant to support Tadmor National Hospital
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امید رادیو: Al-Sharaa tells Putin: Syria will respect all previous agreements with Russia
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Al Jazeera: President Ahmed al-Sharaa: Syria seeking security deal with Israel
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South China Morning Post: Ahmed al-Sharaa
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On 1 April 2026, during Ahmed al-Sharaa's visit to the United Kingdom, he participated in an interview at Chatham House.
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After clashes in Aleppo between the transitional government and SDF forces, he signed a decree stating that Syrian Kurds are an essential part of Syria and recognized the Kurdish language
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By the Council for a Secure America showed largely favorable views of al-Sharaa's presidency among Syrians, with 69% of respondents rating his performance as "good," 12% rating it poorly, and 19% saying they were undecid
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2025· 17 entries
France 24: No, this jihadist brandishing two severed heads isn’t Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa
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The Quint rated the claim “Both these photos show Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa.” False.
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FACTLY rated the claim “The photos show Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who recently attended the UN General Assembly, holding severed heads in the past.” MISLEADING.
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fact checker rated the claim “A photo shows Ahmed al-sharaa when he was a terrorist.” misleading.
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fact checker rated the claim “The terrorist agent of al-Jolani, named Ahmed al-Sharaa, was one of the few who stayed to listen to his master, the terrorist war criminal Netanyahu.” misleading.
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Time: Why Ahmed al-Sharaa's U.N. Debut Matters
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Yahoo: Ahmed al-Sharaa: Israel, Syria 'on the verge' of security agreement
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Yahoo: Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa says he wants to meet with President Trump again
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Awarded Time 100 (2025).
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Reported claimRated The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office confirmed there are no current plans for the UK to host President Ahmed al-Sharaa. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has invited Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa for a state visit to the UK.” The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office confirmed there are no current plans for the UK to host President Ahmed al-Sharaa..
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fact checker rated the claim “Al-Sharaa, HTS Leader Al-Julani Orders his Fighters to Stop Filming the Massacres of Christians and Alawites” fake.
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fact checker rated the claim “Iraqs Supreme Judicial Council issued an arrest warrant against the new Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.” fake.
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موقع مسبار rated the claim “Ahmed al-Sharaa, posing with his wife, who is wearing an Islamic niqab.” misleading.
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Time 100 listed him as one of the world's most influential people, and Agence France-Presse noted that he made global headlines that year
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“s proposed United States takeover of the Gaza Strip would not succeed, asserting that no power can drive people from their land. He noted that many countries had tried and failed, especially during the recent war in Gaza. His statement came after a joint press conference in which Trump declared that the U.S. would”
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Career landmark: President of Syria (2025).
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“s infrastructure and citizens”
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2024· 2 entries
Career landmark: De facto Leader of Syria (2024–2025).
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“The Sunnis in Syria today are in a phase of loss and are defending their survival and existence. If, God forbid, the Shiite project hostile to the Sunnis in Syria succeeds, it will extend to the Sunnis in the entire region.”
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2021· 1 entry
Al-Sharaa stated he was radicalized by the Palestinian Second Intifada in "the early 2000s
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2018· 1 entry
“s allies and opponents viewed the group as”
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2017· 1 entry
Al-Sharaa merged Jabhat Fatah al-Sham with other rebel groups to create Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, which he led until 2025
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2016· 1 entry
Al-Sharaa cut Jabhat al-Nusra's ties with al-Qaeda, launched a crackdown on its loyalists, and rebranded his organisation as Jabhat Fatah al-Sham
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2015· 3 entries
Al-Sharaa described the Geneva peace conference as a farce and claimed that the Western-backed Syrian National Coalition did not represent the Syrian people and had no ground presence in Syria
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Al-Nusra Front fighters killed Druze villagers during the Qalb Loze massacre
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“repent to God and return to their senses”
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2014· 1 entry
“United States and its allies”
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2013· 1 entry
That al-Sharaa was a close associate of AQI leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
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2012· 4 entries
“There are many strategic relations between Syria and the United States of America.”
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With the support of al-Qaeda's central command, al-Sharaa founded Jabhat al-Nusra, also known as al-Nusra Front, to topple the Assad regime
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In 2012, Time reported that in one of the meetings of prominent Islamist militant groups attended by the leaders of Ahrar al-Sham, Suqour al-Sham, Liwa al-Islam, and other rebel brigades, al-Sharaa wore a mask, refusing to reveal his identity, and was introduced to the attendees by Jabhat al-Nusra's emirs in Aleppo and Idlib.
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Time reported that in one of the meetings of prominent Islamist militant groups attended by the leaders of Ahrar al-Sham, Suqour al-Sham, Liwa al-Islam, and other rebel brigades, al-Sharaa wore a mask, refusing to reveal
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2006· 1 entry
Al-Sharaa was arrested by American forces while planting explosives and imprisoned for over five years in various detention centres, including Abu Ghraib, Camp Bucca, Camp Cropper and Camp Taji prisons
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2004· 1 entry
Iraqi intelligence believed al-Sharaa was Zarqawi's deputy, according to The Economist
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2003· 1 entry
Was detained and questioned by the Syrian Military Intelligence Directorate for his illegal departure from Syria to Iraq, but was released after denying affiliation with any political parties or extremist groups
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1989· 1 entry
Settling in the affluent Mezzeh neighborhood of Damascus, where his father opened a real estate office
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1982· 1 entry
Born 1982-10-29.
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