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  "path": "/global/world-analysis/2026/05/22/syria-ex-al-qaeda-president/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T20:40:40.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.thecanary.co",
  "tags": [
    "Analysis",
    "Global",
    "Capitalism",
    "Syria",
    "Joe Glenton"
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  "textContent": "Former Al Qaeda member and US-backed Syrian president Ahmed Al-Sharaa will be a guest at the influential G7 forum. Al-Sharaa’s presence is about Syria’s reintegration into the global capitalist economy. Syria’s use by Western powers as a “potential strategic hub for supply chains” will also be discussed given the Strait of Hormuz is blocked. The […]\n\nBy Joe Glenton",
  "title": "Legitimise and reintegrate: Syria’s ex-Al Qaeda president to attend G7 conference"
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