This is a photo of the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, giving a big hug to the former Vice President of ISIS in Iraq and current President of al Qaeda in Syria. His name is Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani.
The West got its regime change when Bashar Al-Assad fled to Russia but now Syria is run by al Qaeda and we all have to pretend that was the plan all along.
Macron welcomed the Syrian leader to the Élysée Palace and became the first Western country to host him. Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa promised to protect all Syrians but he has not been able to do that since taking office. In March, more than 1,700 members of ethnic minorities and Christians were killed.
But President Macron asked nicely for him to stop this. He says that if al-Sharaa can stop the Islamic violence, he can work on lifting those sanctions that the West placed under the Al-Assad administration.
