Shaqlawa (Kurdish: شەقڵاوە, romanized: Şeqlawe, [2 ] [3 ] Arabic: شقلاوة, Syriac: ܫܵܩܠܵܒ݂ܐ, romanized: Shaqlāwa [4 ]) is a historic city and a hill station in the Erbil Governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Ahmed al-Sharaa, also called Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, is a militant Islamist and former al-Qaeda member whose group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), overthrew Syrian Pres. Bashar al-Assad in 2024.
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Who is Ahmed al-Sharaa?Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, is a militant Islamist and leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which led the offensive that toppled Syrian Pres. Bashar al-Assad in 2024. In January 2025 he was named president of Syria’s interim government.What was Sharaa’s connection to al-Qaeda?Sharaa was once a member of al-Qaeda but cut ties with the organization in about 2016. He initially led the Nusrah Front, an al-Qaeda affiliate, before rebranding it as Jabhat Fataḥ al-Shām and later forming Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).How did Sharaa rise to power in Syria?Sharaa formed the Nusrah Front in 2012, gaining support by offering services in place of the government. The Nusrah Front later merged with other rebel groups to form Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which became a dominant faction in the Syrian opposition in 2019 and led the toppling of Assad in 2024.