Theo Padnos

The jihadist I knew: my life as a prisoner of Syria’s president

10 November 2025 6:13 pm

As Washington rolls out the red carpet today for the former al-Qaeda chieftain and now Syrian president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syria’s…

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