Former Al-Qaeda leader, once arrested by the US to visit New York weeks after 9/11
Al-Shabaa, known under Nom de Guerre Abu Mohammad al-Julani, played an important role in leading rebel groups through the Syrian Civil War, including relations with jihadist groups. Since the rise of the temporary presidency at the beginning of 2025, at the end of 2024, the Bashar Assad regime fell after the fall of Syria’s transition government.
In 2006, he was caught explosives by the US forces, and then he was imprisoned for more than five years in various detention centers, including Abu Ghraib, Camp Bucca, Camp Cropper and Camp Taji.
In 2024, the United States gave Al-Sharaa an award of $ 10 million.
The date of visit has been pointing to the first Syrian Presidency participation in the UN General Assembly since 1967. It represents the attempt to reconsider Syria as a diplomatic after years of isolation. Al-Sharaa is expected to be related to the political future of the UN, Syria, regional diplomacy and stability and reconstruction plans.
However, the visit fired a sharp debate. Social media is full of criticism that emphasizes Al-Sharaa’s pro-excessive past and expresses Charles Lister’s concerns about the host role. The discussions around Charles Lister are primarily due to the role of classification of some rebel groups that allied with Al Qaeda as “moderate rebels”. Critics argue that this classification was used by Western intelligence organizations such as CIA, Pentagon and MI6 to justify the arming of these rebel groups during the Syrian civil war. It was published by the New York Times in 2016 by Oxford University Press. Research, in part, includes detailed profiles of ISIS, Al-Nusra Front and other rebellious groups in Syria based on comprehensive ground level interviews. Western governments such as the United States and the UK historically struggled with the complexities of Syria’s opposition and jihadist groups and made diplomatic participation difficult. While the Al-Sharaa government is accepted as a broader international international, critics warn unresolved pro-associations that shadow attempts to normalize.
The Middle East Institute is vital to understanding the relationship with dialogue and the developing political landscape of Syria. Al-Sharaa’s address and discussions with international leaders, including a planned meeting with US President Donald Trump, emphasizes the high risks and nuanced facts of Syria’s re-entry into global diplomacy.
The visit coordinates a delicate symbolic timing close to the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, which were coordinated by al -Qaeda and increased examination from various political and civil society neighborhoods.
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