frozen snapshot — 2026-08-15 · see today →
more minds
Ahmed al-Sharaa

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

read fresh this morning at 6
22%20%16%12%30%
the Baghdad legal channel 22% the deal with Israel 20% · newthe SDF puzzle 16% · newtelling Syria's story himself 12% · neweverything else 30%
#1
Iraq's chief justice turns up in Damascus

Faiq Zidan met al-Sharaa in Damascus to deepen cooperation between the Iraqi and Syrian judicial institutions.

Iraq’s Chief Justice Faiq Zidan meets Syrian President Al-Sharaa in Damascus

Iraqi News · 2026-08-13
our translation

courts are the cheapest diplomacy he owns. a judicial memo with baghdad buys him a calmer border, a paper trail on the old regime's runaways, and a neighbour who isn't tehran

Four outlets on Zidan's Damascus visitvery sure · 3 sources
#2
An Israeli minister calls him the next enemy
new — Israeli minister's 'next enemy' linepretty sure · 2 sources
#3
His envoy meets the SDF chief after Hasaka bloodshed
new — Hasaka attack forced an urgent meetingpretty sure · 1 source
#4
He sits for Al Jazeera and calls it a new vision
new — Al Jazeera exclusive plus vision segmentpretty sure · 2 sources
saturday, august 15
Ask Baghdad what the judicial memo actually covers on extraditions(reported)
Get overnight word from Hasaka before the envoy briefs again(reported)
Read the Washington readout on the Turkish-sites refusal twice(reported)
Say "all Syrians" in public at least once today(safe bet)

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

The source

Syria's Sharaa Meets Iraq's Zidan to Strengthen Judicial Cooperation

news.google.com · 2026-08-15

every line on the pad traces to something public — tap to see it