Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa gave one of the shortest addresses to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.

Sharaa condemned the regime of Bashar Assad, which his forces overthrew in December after a gruesome 14-year civil war, and asked the international community for help with rebuilding Syria after that devastating conflict. Sharaa was the first Syrian leader to address the General Assembly in six decades.

Unsurprisingly, Sharaa did not address the controversy over his origins as a leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization. The early part of his speech was devoted to extolling the natural beauty of Syria and the strength of…

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