Syrian President Ahmed al Shara met with US President Donald Trump at the White House on November 10. Shara’s visit marked the first visit of any Syrian president to the White House. Shara and Foreign Affairs Minister Asaad al Shaibani met with Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary of …

Gilles Bertrand, the European Union’s special envoy for Afghanistan, in an exclusive interview with Amu described Russia’s recognition of the Taliban as an “unhelpful” move, warning it could undermine international consensus and embolden unilateral actions. Bertrand said that engagement with the Taliban should be conditional on respect for Afghanistan’s international …

This is a man who up until only a few months ago still had a $10M FBI reward for his arrest and capture as ex-head of the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda. Some might ask, why the double standards in not highlighting Jolani’s welcome by Putin a month earlier? One must …