Syrian president says he ‘had nothing to do’ with 9/11 attacks

Ahmed al-Sharaa downplayed his past affiliation with Al-Qaeda during his first visit to the US

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has downplayed his past links to the terrorist group Al-Qaeda and distanced himself from the 9/11 attacks.

Al-Sharaa, who was removed from the US State Department’s ‘global terrorist’ list last week, met with US President Donald Trump in the White House on Monday.

He once led the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a regional offshoot of Al-Qaeda, which spearheaded a coalition of anti-government forces that seized Damascus in December 2024, toppling Syria’s longtime president, Bashar Assad.

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