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Al-Monitor
March 8, 2018
Nader was connected to the Hafez al-Assad regime through then-Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa and then-Syrian Ambassador to the United States and current Foreign Minister Walid Moallem, Indyk said. “He was going to Israel from time to time. He set up an interview of [Syrian Foreign MinisterÃâà...
Newsweek
March 6, 2018
Melhem recalled that Nader arranged the first interview between Syria's former foreign minister Farouk al-Sharaa and Israeli television. Multiple efforts to reach Nader for comment by phone and mail were unsuccessful. In the late 1990s, he helped lead back-channel negotiations between Syria and Israel,Ãâà...
HuffPost
December 15, 2017
Regarding the role of the Syrian former foreign minister Farouk al-Sharaa, amid reports he could lead the transitional process, a UN source revealed Syrian opposition figures had suggested to Russia that Sharaa lead the Sochi meeting, as a figure acceptable to both sides. The Russians reportedly wereÃâà...
Asharq Al-awsat English
November 21, 2017
According to some reports, Syrian opposition figures have demanded the Russian Defense and Foreign ministries to invite Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa for heading the “Syrian National Dialogue Congress” in Sochi at the start of next month. The Russians seemed “enthusiastic” about theÃâà...
News Deeply
April 3, 2017
The defendants include Syrian vice president and former foreign minister Farouk al-Sharaa, the head of Syria's National Security Bureau, Ali Mamlouk, and the head of Syria's air force intelligence, Gen. Jamil Hassan. In February 2013, Hamdo was detained somewhere between his hometown of MashtaÃâà...
New York Times
March 27, 2017
The defendants include Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa, a former foreign minister; Ali Mamlouk, head of the National Security Bureau; Gen. Jamil Hassan, head of air force intelligence, one of Mr. Assad's most feared organizations; and senior officers running the prison where Abdul was detained and killedÃâà...
Business Insider
June 29, 2015
According to the source, it is likely that "Assad gave orders for a new witness to his crimes to be done away with and decided to assassinate Farouk al-Sharaa." "After the death of Major General Mohammed Nasif [Kheirbek] only a very small number of witnesses to [Assad's] crimes remained […] and SharaaÃâà...
Al-Arabiya
July 8, 2013
A picture taken on 26 August 2012 shows Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa in Damascus. ... Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa, who was replaced in the ruling Baath party's leadership Monday, was the only top Syrian official to advocate a political compromise to the country's bloody civil war. PresidentÃâà...
