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The US is preparing to take Syria off its state sponsors of terrorism list. But is Washington ignoring the troubling history of the new leadership in Damascus? 🤔🔥  This move raises serious questions about geopolitical interests and the future of US-Syria relations. 🌍⚖️  Stay tuned as we explore the background and implications of this controversial decision. 🎥📰  #Syria #USTerrorList #Damascus #Geopolitics #MiddleEast #Terrorism #USPolitics #SyriaConflict #InternationalRelations #Washington #StateSponsors #SyriaNews #TerrorismHistory #Diplomacy #GlobalPolitics #SyriaLeader #USForeignPolicy #ControversialMove #MiddleEastNews #WorldAffairs

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00:00Donald Trump will soon declare Syria as a state that does not sponsor terrorism.

00:07And that's according to America's new special envoy to the Middle Eastern country.

00:11Clearly forgetting that the interim government has a rather dark past.

00:16Thomas Barak says that the move will supposedly help Washington combat terror.

00:23Meeting President al-Shara in the presidential palace

00:26to launch a new phase in our relationship based on mutual respect and mutual interests.

00:31While the stars and stripes fly again in the Damascus sky,

00:35is a testament to the power of Trump's vision

00:37and Rubio's decisive execution of steps to allow Syria and the region to determine their own future.

00:44It is also a commitment to the integrity of America's primary objective,

00:47the enduring defeat of ISIS.

00:49The thaw in relationship between Washington and, well, now Damascus,

00:53it has been quite spectacular.

00:55I mean, Donald Trump has already met the new president of Free Syria, or as they call it.

01:04They have already promised to lift sanctions.

01:07And in general, right now, according to the ambassador, to the American ambassador to Syria,

01:12well, the United States is ready to strike Syria out of their list of bad guys

01:17and strike them out from the list of states that sponsor terrorists.

01:23And that's after a dude who has been leading the al-Nusra front,

01:26rebranded as the Hayat Pahrir al-Sham, for years, literally.

01:31But right now, if you were to listen to Donald Trump,

01:34that would be, well, he has nothing but praise for the guy.

01:38How did you find the Syrian president?

01:40Great.

01:41Right.

01:42I think very good.

01:43Young, attractive guy.

01:45Tough guy.

01:46You know, strong pass.

01:48Very strong pass fighter.

01:50Does that hurt you?

01:51But he's got a real shot at pulling it together.

01:55I spoke with President Erdogan, who I'm very friendly with him.

01:59He feels he's got a shot.

02:02Unbelievable.

02:03He's a really attractive guy.

02:06He's such an attractive guy.

02:07He's a strong fighter.

02:10This guy is formerly Al-Qaeda, HTS, links to ISIS.

02:15I don't understand any American president describing this man like that.

02:19Is Jelani as great as Trump says?

02:22Well, it depends on which perspective you look at it from, I guess.

02:26And to understand this, we have to go way, way back to back to 2003.

02:30That's when Jelani's, well, political career began.

02:35And that's when he traveled to Iraq shortly before the American invasion, joined Al-Qaeda

02:40in Iraq, one of its most brutal and, well, one of its most radical offshoots and, well,

02:49just departments, if I may say so.

02:52Basically, that variant of Al-Qaeda that was festering in Iraq, it was among some of the

02:58worst, and it shared some of the worst and most radical and extremist ideas.

03:01In fact, Jelani, back then, he ended up, his support and his active fighting against

03:08American troops in Iraq.

03:10He, over that, he served time in prison.

03:13And he openly, he makes no secret, and he's not denying his involvement in the physical

03:20fight against the American troops in Iraq.

03:22The leader, the very infamous leader of ISIL, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the man who pretty much

03:39the whole world tried to hunt him down, he handpicked Jelani to travel to Syria.

03:46Of course, if you were to read some of the, some of the modern, more of a newer assessments

03:51of Jelani's days back then, they would have you and try to have you believe that he had

03:58a sort of a fall, had a falling out with ISIL, with Al-Qaeda, that he dropped all ties with

04:04them.

04:04In fact, he became the head of the al-Nusra Front, which is, was an Al-Qaeda offshoot back

04:10in the time.

04:11And they began the infighting between jihadi groups.

04:14Those were just different flavors of jihadism, who really just, they couldn't really agree

04:20on how they would discriminate and exterminate their religious and political opponents.

04:26But clearly he's a changed man, this Jelani guy.

04:29You know, if you've been involved in choreographing suicide bombings or doing IED attacks across

04:34the Middle East, but you want to be born again, all you've got to do is get a Western suit

04:37in a haircut and you're good to go because the American president says, you're so sexy

04:41now, you're so handsome.

04:42Apparently Jelani is a changed man.

04:45Well, it works for him, doesn't it?

04:47Minorities and especially the Alawite minority, they have felt the full force of Jelani's

04:53governance in Syria from Damascus.

04:56And I mean, these pictures, they really, they speak for themselves.

04:59Yeah.

05:07There was a city in Syria called Banias.

05:15It was half sunny, half Alawite.

05:17And now it is half sunny and half dead.

05:20Brutal pictures there and true, totally heart-wrenching and really viewer discretion is advised here.

05:40And if you were to listen to other minorities, like the Druze minority in Syria, they have

05:45been, they have been literally taking up arms and trying to defend their homes with, you

05:52know, bearing their own arms.

05:54This is how far they were ready to go when they learned that now Al-Nusra and Jelani and

05:59well, the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rather, and a direct Al-Qaeda descendant is now in power

06:06in Syria, but it is evident based on what Turkey has been saying and what the United

06:11States have been saying that, well, Jelani now is in a very good place and there could

06:17be, there could be a future for him envisioned in Washington.

06:22Now, in one of the most controversial moves in the U.S. foreign policy in decades, Donald

06:28Trump recently announced plans to lift all sanctions on Syria, some of which have been

06:33in place since the 80s.

06:36Now, the president claimed that in return, Damascus pledged to prevent a resurgence of

06:41Islamic State.

06:42Now, for a deep dive into just what it could mean and where it could all go, you can head

06:47online to rt.com.

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