Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorist organization, met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss cooperation on rebuilding war-torn Syria. Sharaa, who led HTS to victory in the Syrian Civil War, is seeking support from Turkey for economic, political, and security assistance. Erdogan, who has long supported Syrian rebel groups, pledged humanitarian aid and infrastructure rebuilding efforts.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorist organization, said during a meeting this week with Islamist Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan he seeks cooperation with Turkey on “all political, economic and security levels” to rebuild his war-torn country.“Abu Mohammed al-Jolani,” led HTS to victory in the over decade-long Syrian Civil War in late 2024, storming through Syria’s major cities and prompting the collapse of the Syrian military.
Erdogan’s Turkey has held a longstanding policy of support to Syrian rebel groups and the Turkish military itself has repeatedly invaded the country, usually targeting U.S.-allied Syrian militias that HTS does not have a hostile relationship with. Erdogan himselfin 2016, however, that the Turkish military was not in Syria to destroy Kurdish communities, but to “end the rule of the tyrant Assad … and not for any other reason.
“Besides humanitarian aid to Syria’s devastated landscape, we are also ready to support the rebuilding of critical infrastructure,” Erdogan promised. “As Syria’s economic recovery gains momentum, so will the voluntary returns gain traction.”
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