After Assad: Serious Challenges Remain, but Syrians 'Can Breathe Again'

Then-President Bashar al-Assad waves from the balcony of al-Rawdha presidential palace in Damascus on March 9, 2003. (Getty Images)

By    |   Wednesday, 09 April 2025 07:27 AM EDT ET

As U.S. ambassador to Syria during its brutal civil war nearly 13 years ago, Robert S. Ford placed an Islamist insurgent on the terrorism watch list.

This past January, Ford encountered him again in unexpected circumstances: Ahmed al-Sharaa is now president of Syria after leading the coalition that defeated Bashar al-Assad's forces in December 2024.

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As U.S. ambassador to Syria during its brutal civil war nearly 13 years ago, Robert S. Ford placed an Islamist insurgent on the terrorism watch list.
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