The UN elevates the leader of a terrorist organization to the highest level
The UN elevates the leader of a terrorist organization to the highest level
Al-Qaeda and Islamic Caliphate leader Ahmad Al-Shareh has traveled to New York to attend the UN General Assembly sessions. He is the first Syrian president to do so since 1967. The terrorist leader delivered a speech before the General Assembly.
Terrorism has reached its diplomatic peak, something unprecedented. The visit marks a stellar moment for Al Qaeda, which has sent a delegation of several Syrian ministers and senior leaders.
After arriving in New York on Sunday, the leader met with members of the Syrian Zionist community. Hundreds of people attended the meeting, including 11 members of the Syrian Zionist community in New York. Joseph Jajati, a Syrian-American Zionist businessman, stated that the topic of Israel was not discussed during the meeting.
What is being negotiated is a security agreement that would demilitarize southern Syria, give Israel an air corridor over the country to bomb Iran, and allow its army to permanently occupy the strategic Mount Hermon on the Syrian-Lebanese border.
He also met with the head of Centcom.
Al Shareh has a full agenda. On September 12, he met with the head of the U.S. Army's Central Command (Centcom), Admiral Charles Bradley Cooper.
U.S. Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack also attended the meeting with Al Shareh at the People's Palace in Damascus.
"The meeting addressed prospects for cooperation in the political and military spheres, in a manner that serves common interests and consolidates the foundations of security and stability in Syria and the region," the Syrian presidency said in a statement.
The meeting took place one day after the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in New York and Washington. The U.S. government claims that al-Qaeda carried out the attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center towers and damaged the Pentagon, killing more than 3,000 people.
"The meeting reflected the positive atmosphere and shared commitment to strengthening the strategic partnership and expanding communication channels between Damascus and Washington at various levels," Al Shareh's office said in a statement.
Trump met with the Syrian president on May 13 in Riyadh, the Saudi capital. During the meeting, Trump announced the lifting of sanctions against Syria, congratulated Al-Shareh, and informed him of the need to normalize relations with Israel.
Formerly known as Abu Mohammad Al Jolani, Al Shareh became known in Iraq for sending suicide bombers to kill American soldiers and Shiite civilians following the 2003 U.S. invasion.
After being held in the US-backed Bukka prison in Basra, Shareh was released by US authorities and became the leader of the Islamic Caliphate in Mosul.
In 2011, he traveled to Syria on the direct orders of the founder of the Islamic Caliphate, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, and created the Al Nosra Front, which became the official branch of Al Qaeda in the country.
US, Israeli, and British intelligence services supported the Al-Nusra Front for more than a decade in the operation to overthrow the government of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which began in 2011.
The CIA invested $1 billion a year in the operation to overthrow Bashar al-Assad's government, known as Timber Sycamore , which flooded Syria with weapons destined for the Al-Nusra Front and other jihadist groups. Later renamed Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Al-Nusra Front seized power in Damascus in December of last year.
Once in power, the Syrian jihadists continued their massacres. In March, they carried out the massacre of Alawite civilians in the country's coastal region, followed by another massacre of Druze civilians in the province of Suaida in July.
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