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'Soft-Spoken' Jolani Makes 'Time Top 100' List As Sectarian Massacres Continue In Syria
Via The Cradle
Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, previously known as the Al-Qaeda chief Abu Mohammad al-Julani, was selected as one of Time magazine's yearly list of the 100 'most influential' people.
Former US ambassador to Syria Robert Ford, who played a role in and advocated for Washington's regime change policies in the country, put forward Sharaa for the Time 100 list. "Last December, after years of building a powerful armed faction – Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), classified internationally as a terrorist group – Ahmad al-Sharaa and his rebel alliance toppled Bashar Assad's brutal government in Syria," the write-up reads.
"Once aligned with Al-Qaeda and then ISIS, the soft-spoken Sharaa later fought both groups aggressively to ensure his fighters answered to him. More recently, he assembled alliances with other Syrian rebels, often at gunpoint, and secured ...