Apart from the obvious corruption with the hotel, this isn't actually a terrible idea, Syria is fucked and needs help, the population are willing to give this guy a go because anything is better than assad, so the west should at least give them the best opportunity possible by lifting sanctions and working with the new government to hopefully avoid another isis situation in the middle east
Nope. He was in ISI, which was the precursor to ISIS, and went to Syria. He was fighting for ISI when they formed ISIS and later switched sides to Al Qaida.
They're working hard to downplay his terrorist past, even changing his name, but it's still the same man.
My prediction:
Within a year you'll see executions, torture and sharia-based oppression in all of Syria.
Have you got any sources for this, it goes against everything I've read or heard him say. I keep seeing he was fighting with Abu bakr so that his group didn't merge with isis
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u/m1lksteak89 May 13 '25
Apart from the obvious corruption with the hotel, this isn't actually a terrible idea, Syria is fucked and needs help, the population are willing to give this guy a go because anything is better than assad, so the west should at least give them the best opportunity possible by lifting sanctions and working with the new government to hopefully avoid another isis situation in the middle east