The U.S. put the massive bounty on Sharaa, then called Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, in 2017 over links to multiple terrorist attacks during the Syrian civil war, in which he led a winning faction. The meeting marked the first time in 25 years that a U.S. president had met with a Syrian leader; the last time was President Bill Clinton meeting Assad’s father Hafez al-Assad in the last year of his presidency. Imagine someone in 2014 – when MbS was the barely known nephew of the Saudi king, Trump was The Apprentice guy, and Al Sharaa was an Al Qaeda leader – telling you this photo would be a thing in 2025 pic.twitter.com/FRhMPPGa7I — Thomas Juneau (@thomasjuneau) May 14, 2025
Author: Alex Griffing
Published at: 2025-05-14 21:10:07
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