In exclusive, leaked 2018 footage aired by Al Arabiya, ousted Syrian regime leader Bashar al Assad is seen driving with former adviser Luna al Shibl as he mocks a destroyed mosque in Eastern Ghouta — an area where his forces committed some of the civil war’s worst atrocities, including a chemical weapon massacre. He cursed the region, calling its people the “worst" of society, while blaming them for building mosques despite struggling for money, comparing them to irresponsible "pharaohs." | TRT

Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa has become the first Syrian leader to visit the White House in at least 80 years. Sharaa and US President Donald Trump reached agreements on sanctions and the fight against ISIL. | Al Jazeera English