Context: Syria's president will be at the White House Monday & is expected to formally join the anti-ISIS coalition. Until this past Thursday, al Sharaa & his interior minister were on the UN's al Qaeda & Islamic state sanctions list. This video shows him playing ball with the commander of US forces in Mideast. Quite a change.
Charles Lister
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From a recent quiet visit to #Damascus: - #Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa & Foreign Minister @AsaadHShaibani playing basketball with @CENTCOM Commander Admiral Cooper & @CJTFOIR Commander BG Kevin Lambert.

Nov 8, 2025 · 10:20 PM UTC

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World peace requires a united and undivided Syria, free from sanctions, to defeat ISIS, and for Syria and the entire world to enjoy long-term stability.
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Yes. That's right, good journalist. You have all the respect and appreciation from me
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So this post from you, Margaret, is quite interesting-- Seeing that ISIS is: Israeli Special Intelligence Service. - Logic has its uses.
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That basketball court is in the complex of the Syrian presidential palace.