Retired Gen. David Petraeus, former head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa shared the stage at the Concordia Summit in New York City on Monday.
Both men acknowledged it was a strange turn of events in their lives, as not so long ago Petraeus commanded American forces in Iraq and Sharaa was an al-Qaeda lieutenant fighting for control of the country. Sharaa went on to lead al-Qaeda’s forces in Syria during the civil war, parted ways with al-Qaeda in 2016, and ultimately led his revamped insurgent alliance to victory against the Syrian dictatorship in December 2024.
In fact, Sharaa laughed when…
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