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Trump to meet Syria's president before heading to Qatar on his Mideast tour • May 14, 2025, 12:01 AM ET (AP)
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The PKK Kurdish militant group will disarm and disband as part of a peace initiative with Turkey • May 12, 2025, 4:10 PM ET (AP)
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Also Known As Abu Mohammad al-Julani • Ahmad Hussein al-Sharaa • Abu Mohammad al-Jawlani • Abu Mohammad al-Golani • Abu Mohammad al-Jolani
Born 1982 (age 43) • Riyadh • Saudi Arabia
Title / Office president (2025-), Syria

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Pompey
Pompey the Great
Roman statesman
Hadrian
Hadrian
Roman emperor
Trajan
Trajan
Roman emperor
Hafez al-Assad
Hafez al-Assad
president of Syria
Michel ʿAflaq
Syrian political leader
Gabinius, bronze bust; in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples
Aulus Gabinius
Roman politician
Khalid Bakdash
Syrian politician
Akram al-Hawrani
Syrian politician
Nizār Qabbānī
Syrian poet and diplomat
Marcus Licinius Crassus
Roman statesman
Anṭūn Saʿādah
Syrian politician
Adib al-Shishakli
Syrian military officer
Sayf al-Dawlah
Ḥamdānid ruler
Zangī
Iraqi ruler
Shukri al-Quwatli.
Shukri al-Quwatli
president of Syria
Sir Max Mallowan
British archaeologist
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio
Roman politician
Hāshim al-ʿAtāsī
president of Syria
Nūr al-Dīn mausoleum
Nūr al-Dīn
Muslim ruler
ʿUmar Abū Rīshah
Syrian poet and diplomat