Syrian rebel leader meets with UN envoy in Damascus

The Syrian Islamist leader whose group led the offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad met earlier today with UN envoy Geir Pedersen, who was visiting Damascus, a statement on the rebels’ Telegram channel says.

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Abu Mohammed al-Julani, now using his real name Ahmad al-Sharaa, discussed with Pedersen “the changes that have occurred on the political scene which make it necessary to update” a 2015 UN Security Council resolution that set out a roadmap for a political settlement in Syria, “to suit the new reality,” the statement says.

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