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Ahmed al-Sharaa

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

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the nuclear site handover 27% the Russian bases question 22% · newthe Assad verdict 14% getting the refugees home 12% everything else 25%
#1
Washington brokers a quiet exit for Assad's dirty-bomb material

The IAEA will remove nuclear material from a clandestine Assad-era site under a deal reported by Axios and confirmed across the region.

Scoop: U.S. brokers secret deal on clandestine Syrian nuclear site

Axios · 2026-08-10
our translation

he inherited a radioactive skeleton in the closet and is selling its removal as proof he's the adult now. letting the americans and the israelis in on the secret is the whole point — the material is the ticket, not the threat.

Axios scoop widened to regional wiresvery sure · 5 sources
#2
Moscow keeps its Mediterranean ports — on Damascus's new terms
new — Putin call plus base accord Mondayvery sure · 4 sources
#3
A Damascus court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia
Sentencing handed down this weekvery sure · 3 sources
#4
The UN refugee chief comes to Damascus to talk about coming home
UNHCR chief met Sharaa in Damascuspretty sure · 3 sources
wednesday, august 12
Confirm the IAEA's removal timeline before anyone leaks the site's coordinates(reported)
Sign off on the Russian base terms and read Putin's readout twice(reported)
Let the Assad verdict speak for itself; say nothing triumphal on camera(safe bet)
Ask what it actually costs to bring a million Syrians home(reported)

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

The source

Scoop: U.S. brokers secret deal on clandestine Syrian nuclear site

news.google.com · 2026-08-12

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