5 hours agoSyrian President interviewed by former CIA chief arrested in Iraq
Periskopi(9 months ago)
(9 months ago)Climbing to the scene of a political forum in New York for an interview, Syrian President Ahmed al-Saharaa and former CIA head David Petraus have faced each other, now in different roles after a retired general had previously arrested him in Iraq. Al-Sahara, who ousted former President Bashar al-Assad from power and [...]
Al-Saharaa, who ousted former President Bashar al-Assad from power and ended his family's 50-year rule in Syria in a military offensive late last year, has been president of the country since January, followed. Periscope.
At that, Petraus commanded the American forces during the invasion of Iraq, when he was captured and imprisoned al-Sahara. Syria's new leader remained between 2006 and 2011 in Iraq's prisons. Petraus later served as director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
After his release, al-Sahara founded Frontin al-Nostra in Syria in 2012 to fight Assad. Four years later, he broke ties with al-Qaeda. A year later, al-Nusra joined other groups to form Hayat Tarhir al-Sham (HTS), led by al-Saharaa.
HTS was named as a “terrorist organisation” by the US in 2018, citing past ties to al-Qaeda, a determination that the United States revised in July as Washington eased its approach to Syria after Assad.
The U.S. had placed a $10 million reward for al-Sahara's head, which was dropped only in late December.
