Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa [a] (born 29 October 1982), also known by his nom de guerre [5] Abu Mohammad al-Julani, [b] is a Syrian revolutionary, military commander, and politician who has served as the president of Syria since 29 January 2025. [8] [9] As the emir of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from 2017 to 2025, he played a key role in the 2024 Syrian opposition offensives which led to the fall ...

4 days ago · Al-Sharaa was the leader of the main militant group that spearheaded the lightning offensive that led to the overthrow last year of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, whose regime had been in power ...

2 days ago · Sharaa began the pre-recorded speech on Thursday by saying that he would be addressing his words to all Syrian men and women, including refugees, the families of "martyrs" and missing people, and ...

1 day ago · Al-Sharaa was accompanied for the talks in Riyadh by Syria’s foreign minister, Asaad al-Shaibani. After the meeting, al-Sharaa said that the meeting with MBS had shown that Saudi Arabia had “a ...

3 days ago · Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has been named president for the "transitional period", state media report, seven weeks after he led the rebel offensive that overthrew Bashar al-Assad.

4 days ago · Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa was declared president for a transitional phase on Wednesday, tightening his hold on power less than two months after he led a campaign that toppled Bashar ...

4 days ago · The leader of the new Syrian administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa, waits to meet a Ukrainian delegation on Dec. 30, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images hide caption

4 days ago · Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has been named president for a transitional phase and the country’s constitution has been suspended, the Syrian state news agency (SANA) reported.

4 days ago · Mr Sharaa’s appointment and early edicts were drip-fed to state media over the course of the day in a series of confusing statements by a senior military commander in Hayat Tahrir al-Shams, the ...

Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa (born 29 October 1982), also known by his kunya Abu Mohammad al-Julani, [c] is a Syrian politician and militant leader who has been the 20th President of Syria since 2025. He was also the militant leader of the militant group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham.. Al-Sharaa was born to a Syrian Sunni Muslim family from the Golan …