
Tom Perry
Middle East Lead Writer at Reuters
Journalist - Mideast Lead Writer at Reuters, ex-Bureau Chief, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan, Egypt Chief Correspondent
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3 weeks ago |
japantimes.co.jp | Tom Perry |Timour Azhari
Syria's Ahmad al-Sharaa has transformed himself from al-Qaida militant to Syrian president in a dramatic political rise capped on Wednesday by a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. The encounter in Saudi Arabia is a milestone for a man who joined al-Qaida in Iraq around the time of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and spent years in U.S. prison there before returning to Syria to join the insurgency against Bashar Assad.
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3 weeks ago |
ca.news.yahoo.com | Tom Perry |Timour Azhari
How Syria's leader rose from al-Qaeda militant to a meeting with President TrumpSyria's Ahmed al-Sharaa has transformed himself from al Qaeda militant to Syrian president in a dramatic political rise capped on May 13 by a meeting with President Donald Trump. The encounter in Saudi Arabia is a milestone for a man who joined al Qaeda in Iraq around the time of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and spent years in U.S. prison there before returning to Syria to join the insurgency against Bashar al-Assad.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Tom Perry |Timour Azhari
By Tom Perry, Timour Azhari(Reuters) -Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa has transformed himself from al Qaeda militant to Syrian president in a dramatic political rise capped on Wednesday by a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. The encounter in Saudi Arabia is a milestone for a man who joined al Qaeda in Iraq around the time of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and spent years in U.S. prison there before returning to Syria to join the insurgency against Bashar al-Assad.
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3 weeks ago |
ground.news | Tom Perry |Timour Azhari
President Trump has announced that he will lift all sanctions the US has against the Syrian government, which he says will “give them a chance at greatness.” He will also meet Syria’s leader, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday. The US has had sanctions on Syria since…
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1 month ago |
businesslive.co.za | Laila Bassam |Tom Perry |Maya Gebeily
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