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What's on Ahmed al-Sharaa's mind?

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the new spy chiefs 34% who pays to rebuild 16% off the terror list 14% · newopen for business 11% · neweverything else 25%

Sharaa Rewires the Mukhabarat, Names Khattab and Tahan

A sweeping shake-up of national security and intelligence leadership, announced in a single batch of decrees.

Syria’s Al-Sharaa reshuffles security and intelligence leadership

Al Jazeera · 2026-07-19

our translation

the intelligence services are the one machine that can end him, so he'd rather own it than inherit it. doing it all at once means nobody has time to organise a no.

Nine outlets carried the decreesvery sure · 4 sources

Germany Joins a Reconstruction Committee, and an Air Route

Berlin deal signed in Damascuspretty sure · 1 source

Forty-Seven Years Off the Blacklist, and Now the Invoice

new — Coverage shifting to investment framingpretty sure · 1 source

The President Cuts the Ribbon on a Textile Fair

new — Sharaa attended the opening himselfpretty sure · 2 sources

monday, july 20

Get the first briefing from the newly installed intelligence chief(reported)

Work the room at the Damascus textile expo floor(reported)

Chase Berlin for a number, not just a committee(reported)

Ask who is briefing the Israeli press about the Druze(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Syria's Sharaa appoints new intelligence chief in security reshuffle

news.google.com · 2026-07-20

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