Ahmed al-Sharaa, the Islamic radical who was previously designated a terrorist by the State Department and who founded the al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front and now serves as Syria's president, received a warm welcome on Monday in New York City, just five miles away from where his comrades killed 2,753 people on 9/11.

While al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani or Muhammad al-Jawlani, was in town for the United Nations General Assembly, he also took part in a "fireside discussion" with ex-CIA Director David Petraeus on the sidelines of the general assembly at the 2025 Concordia Annual Summit .

'Sometimes in a person's journey, there are some mistakes.'

Ahead of the discussion, Baihas Baghdadi of Baghdadi Capital provided the terrorist with a glowing introduction, painting

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