https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/87776aed-ecc8-4cbf-921f-3cd3cdbeaa9a What do Ed Sheeran, Elon Musk, Serena Williams and... Ahmed al-Sharaa have in common? Ahmed al-Sharaa, the Syrian revolutionary who until recently had a $10 million US bounty on his head has joined celebrity ranks among TIME 100’s most influential people of 2025. Why does this matter? Last December, after years of building a powerful armed faction—Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham—Ahmed al-Sharaa and his rebel alliance toppled Bashar al-Assad’s brutal government in Syria. Al-Sharaa’s TIME nomination marks a PR win as the interim leader seeks normalisation from the international community. He has continuously called for Assad-era international sanctions against Syria to be lifted. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:02:04 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/87776aed-ecc8-4cbf-921f-3cd3cdbeaa9a All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.