@aaronjmate
Ahmed Al-Sharaa aka Mohammed al-Jolani's New York trip is "the first visit by a sitting Syrian president in nearly six decades."
That's one way to look at it. Another is that it's the first visit by the founding leader of Al Qaeda in Syria since the US dropped a $10 million bounty for his arrest last December.
BTW, that former Al Qaeda leader's government is set to announce a border deal with Israel in the coming days. This comes as the US won't even allow the Palestinian Authority to visit for a symbolic UN meeting on Palestinian statehood.
Syria dirty war cheerleaders, this is what you cheered for:
@MiddleEastInst
The Middle East Institute (MEI) will host Syrian Interim President Ahmed Al-Sharaa in New York City, on the margins of the UN General Assembly, for a timely conversation with @Charles_Lister, Senior Fellow and Director of MEI’s Syria Initiative.
Al-Sharaa's remarks come during his inaugural trip to the United States, marking the first visit by a sitting Syrian president in nearly six decades. Nine months after the overthrow of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime, and against the backdrop of Syria’s fragile transition, President Al-Sharaa is expected to offer insights into the country’s trajectory and its evolving relations with the US and regional states. Ahmed Al-Sharaa standing at a podium with microphones. He is wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and red tie. Two flags, one red and one green and white, are visible in the background.
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