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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Syria’s de facto new leader says it is not a threat to the West

Syria's de facto new leader said the embattled country was not a threat to its neighbours or the West following the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad.

Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the leader of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, a rebranded Al Qaeda affiliate which led the rebellion against the Assad regime, told the BBC that Syria was exhausted by war and urged the West to withdraw the sanctions crippling the nation’s economy.

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