Formerly known as Abu Mohammed al Jolani, al-Sharaa fought for al Qaeda and battled American forces in Iraq. The US once put ...

The meeting marks a major turn of events for a Syria still adjusting to life after the over 50-year, iron-gripped rule of the Assad family, and for its new leader, who once had a $10 million U.S.

The dynamics are shifting in the Middle East under a U.S. president who sees the world through a financial lens.