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Ahmed al-Sharaa

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

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building up the army 24% · newscrapping Assad’s terror court 21% · newthe Gulf money calls 18% · newtelling Syria’s story himself 14% everything else 23%
#1
Israel catches him shopping for an army

Israeli assessments reported by the Jerusalem Post say al-Sharaa is diverting Syrian funds into military forces and weapon systems.

Ahmed al-Sharaa diverting Syrian funds to build up military forces, weapon systems

jpost.com · 2026-09-18
our translation

a state without an army is a guest in its own house — he’d rather be called a threat in jerusalem than a pushover everywhere else.

new — Israeli assessments reported Sept 18pretty sure · 2 sources
#2
Parliament bins Assad’s terrorism court
new — parliament vote reported Sept 16very sure · 2 sources
#3
Dialing Abu Dhabi, again
new — one outlet on the UAE talks todaypretty sure · 1 source
#4
Keynoting the Arab Media Summit, mic in hand
Arab Media Summit opening Sept 16very sure · 1 source
friday, september 18
Go over the army’s weapons shopping list one more time(reported)
Take at least one more call from a Gulf capital(safe bet)
Polish the talking points for the next friendly TV interview(safe bet)

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

The source

Ahmed al-Sharaa diverting Syrian funds to build up military forces, weapon systems

news.google.com · 2026-09-18

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