Syria: The incomplete transformation of Ahmad al-Sharaa, Islamist rebel turned president
- Posted on December 8, 2025
- By Le Monde
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Syria: The incomplete transformation of Ahmad al-Sharaa, Islamist rebel turned president

'Syria after al-Assad' (1/5). The man who toppled Syria's Baathist regime has succeeded in breaking the country's international isolation. Yet the former jihadist, who governs with a handful of loyal followers, has struggled to defuse the sectarian and ethnic tensions left by the civil war.