Ahmed al-Sharaa

Ahmed al-Sharaa

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in New York, US. Photo: Reuters

'Why don't you give New Jersey to the Israelis?' Al-Sharaa tells Trump

Al-Sharaa said he told Trump: "Why don't you give New Jersey to the Israelis? You don't own the Golan Heights to give it to them, but you own New Jersey, and I believe New Jersey is...

Ahmad al-Sharaa. Photo: Collected

Syria president tells Al Jazeera his country seeks security deal with Israel

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

Turkey asks Britain's MI6 to step up protection of Syria's Sharaa, sources say; Ankara denies report

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech on the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's fall, in Damascus, Syria December 8, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

How Syria's Sharaa captured Kurdish-held areas while keeping the US onside

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech on the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's fall, in Damascus, Syria December 8, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

Syria's Sharaa grants Kurdish Syrians citizenship, language rights for first time: SANA

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a press conference following talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in Moscow, Russia, December 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ramil Sitdikov/Pool

Syria ministers meet Putin to discuss defence, economic cooperation: SANA

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

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