Turkey’s president holds talks in Ankara with new Syrian leader

Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, held talks in Ankara on Tuesday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Their meeting was the first since the former rebel leader led the opposition offensive that last month toppled Syria’s former autocratic ruler, Bashar al-Assad.

Ankara reopened its diplomatic mission in Syria and sent its spy chief and foreign ministers with talks with him soon after the rebels overthrew Assad.

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