The United States on Tuesday prepared a draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that would lift sanctions against Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Interior Minister Anas Khattab ahead of their visit to the White House on November 10.
Sharaa is the interim president of Syria, and leader of the Islamist insurgent group called Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) that forced dictator Bashar Assad out of power in December 2024.
HTS began as a franchise of al-Qaeda called the Nusra Front and Sharaa was a high-ranking al-Qaeda leader. As such, Sharaa and other HTS members have been under U.N. and U.S. sanctions for many years. Anas…
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