Ahmed al-Sharaa

Ahmed al-Sharaa

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa attends an interview with Reuters at the presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria March 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

Trump vows to do everything he can to help Syria after landmark talks with Sharaa

Sharaa's visit capped a stunning year for the rebel-turned-ruler who toppled longtime autocratic leader Bashar al-Assad and has since travelled the world trying to depict himself as a moderate...

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa attends an interview with Reuters at the presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria March 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

Syria carries out pre-emptive operations against Islamic State cells

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa attends an interview with Reuters at the presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria March 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

US asks UN to lift sanctions on Syria's president ahead of White House visit

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa attends an interview with Reuters at the presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria March 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

Syrian electors cast ballots in indirect vote for first post-Assad parliament

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa waves as he attends the “Aleppo, Key to Victory” celebration marking Syria’s liberation, in Aleppo, Syria May 27, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

Sharaa to become first Syrian leader to attend UN meetings since 1967

A member of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stands guard as Syrian Kurds attend a protest in solidarity with people in Sweida, after scores of people have been killed this week in violence in and around the predominantly Druze city of Sweida, pitting fighters from the Druze minority against government security forces and members of Bedouin tribes, in Qamishli, Syria July 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Orhan Qereman/File Photo

Sectarian violence risks dividing Syria despite Sharaa's diplomacy

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq/Pool/File Photo

Syria’s Sharaa hopes for Kurdish deal to prevent conflict

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Istanbul, Turkey, May 24, 2025. Photo: Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Handout via REUTERS

Erdogan tells Sharaa Turkey welcomes lifting of Syria sanctions

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa attends an interview with Reuters at the presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria March 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

Syria announces creation of national commission for missing persons

US President Donald Trump meets with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in this handout released on 14 May 2025. Photo: Reuters

Trump meets Syrian president, urges him to establish ties with Israel

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq/Pool/File Photo

Syria's Sharaa skips Iraq summit after firestorm over invitation

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa attends an interview with Reuters at the presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria March 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

Trump Tower Damascus? Syria seeks to charm US president for sanctions relief

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa talks to attendees during a national dialogue, a key milestone in the transition to a new political system after decades of Assad rule, in Damascus, Syria February 25, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

Syrian leader heads to France in first European trip