Former US Ambassador to Damascus Robert Ford disclosed a behind-the-scenes Western role—particularly American—that indirectly facilitated Ahmad Al-Sharaa’s path to power. Speaking earlier this month at the Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs, Ford confirmed that the United States played an indirect role, beginning with a series of meetings in 2023 when ...
Ahmad Farhat Translated by Al-Manar English Website The Taliban’s resurgence in Afghanistan after the US withdrawal in 2021 inspired Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Syria. This influence was evident at a September 2021 symposium in Idlib titled “Jihad and Resistance in the Islamic World… The Taliban as a Model,” where ...
