VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-26
“underscores that SSOT status functions as much as a lever of bilateral relations and strategic signalling as a counterterrorism assessment”
Ruslan Trad · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-26
Trad said the Trump administration's embrace of al-Sharaa underscores that SSOT status functions as much as a lever of bilateral relations and strategic signalling as a counterterrorism assessment.
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