Mainstream media has already begun referring to Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former member of al-Qaeda and the former al-Qaeda-affiliate group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), as the de facto leader of Syria.
Representing the European Union, German and French foreign ministers made a visit to Damascus to meet Ahmed al-Sharaa following the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad.
The ministers expressed cautious optimism...