Rebel leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani is vowing to pursue officials of the Assad regime. Correspondent and executive producer of PBS FRONTLINE's film 'The Jihadist' Martin Smith, who interviewed al-Johani, joins Katy Tur to share more on his background.
As U.S. diplomats arrived in Damascus on Friday, Syria's de facto new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa will likely have greeted them with a clear message: Under his rule, there will be no threat to the West. Sharaa, who has dropped his nom de guerre of Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, has been pushing this line in meetings with Western diplomats and the media since rebel forces, led by his Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, or HTS, toppled the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
“What we don’t know is, how long that will hold? Will he walk the walk and not just talk the talk? And if he doesn’t win in the elections, will he peacefully stand aside for whoever does win? I think those are big questions,' added Stroul, who is now a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
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