Baghdad invites new Syrian leader to summit
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BAGHDAD An official invitation to new Syrian President Ahmad al- Sharaa to attend the upcoming Arab League summit in Baghdad has triggered sharp political divisions within Iraq . Al-Sharaa took power after leading a lightning rebel offensive that unseated his predecessor, Bashar al-Assad, in December. Since then, he has positioned himself as a statesman aiming to unite and rebuild his country after nearly 14 years of civil war, but his past as a Sunni Islamist militant has left many — including
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