{"id":132072,"date":"2025-11-13T06:08:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T06:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=132072"},"modified":"2025-11-13T07:51:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T07:51:21","slug":"nyt-reveals-al-sharaas-covert-role-in-coalitions-fight-against-extremism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/132072\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT reveals al-Sharaa\u2019s covert role in Coalition\u2019s fight against extremism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLO, Syria (North Press)<\/strong> \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa has been secretly cooperating with the US-led Global Coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) and al-Qaeda since 2016, according to a report published Wednesday by The New York Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;The revelations come days after al-Sharaa\u2019s first official visit to the White House, where he met with US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report states that al-Sharaa, who previously led Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in northwest Syria, began covert coordination with coalition forces shortly after assuming control over territories in Idlib and Aleppo. During that period, he reportedly engaged in direct military confrontations with ISIS and played a key role in expelling the group from several areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, al-Sharaa signed a formal declaration of political and military cooperation with the Global Coalition. Syrian Minister of Information Hamza al-Mustafa confirmed the agreement, describing it as \u201ca new phase in Syrian-American relations after decades of estrangement and tension.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Al-Mustafa posted on X, formerly Twitter, that the meeting between al-Sharaa and Trump was \u201cmarked by warmth, candor, and a forward-looking approach,\u201d and included senior US officials such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President J.D. Vance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Western diplomats and Syrian officials cited by The New York Times revealed that al-Sharaa had provided sensitive intelligence on the whereabouts of ISIS and al-Qaeda leadership within Syria. This intelligence reportedly facilitated several coalition airstrikes targeting high-value militant positions, under a secret understanding that lasted for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Al-Sharaa\u2019s cooperation with the Coalition remained undisclosed until his recent visit to Washington, which marked the first time a Syrian head of state has entered the White House since Syria\u2019s independence. His appearance followed his removal from international terrorist lists and the lifting of a $10 million bounty previously placed on him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Syrian government has not issued an official statement beyond the remarks from the Information Minister. The US-led coalition has also refrained from commenting publicly on the intelligence-sharing claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Atoun Jan<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLO, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa has been secretly cooperating with the US-led Global Coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) and al-Qaeda since 2016, according to a report published Wednesday by The New York Times. &nbsp;The revelations come days after al-Sharaa\u2019s first official visit to the White House, where he met with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":132073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-syria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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