News From Antiwar.com by Dave DeCamp
The US is asking the UN Security Council to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, a former al-Qaeda leader, and other members of his government, before he visits the White House next week, The Associated Press has reported.
Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani, was first sanctioned by the UN in 2013 for his association with al-Qaeda. The UN listing notes that, at the time, Sharaa was an associate of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the al-Qaeda leader who was known for helping Osama bin Laden plot the 9/11 attacks, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the founder of ISIS.
The UN listing says that Sharaa was deputized by Baghdadi to lead Syria’s al-Qaeda affiliate, known at the time as the Al Nusra Front, and his position as the leader of the al-Qaeda group was confirmed by Zawahiri. Sharaa got his start with al-Qaeda in Iraq, where he fought against US troops and was imprisoned from 2006 to 2011 before traveling to Syria…
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