On Friday evening, journalist Gareth Browne, alongside his Economist Colleagues, sat down with HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa for his first interview since he assumed the Syrian presidency. So you know we had to get him back on to talk about it all.

Read the interview here:https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2025/02/03/syrias-new-president-ahmed-al-sharaa-gives-his-first-interview