The invitation extended to Syria’s new President Ahmad al-Sharaa for an Arab League summit in Baghdad has stirred political tensions in Iraq. Al-Sharaa, a former Sunni Islamist militant, is currently wanted in Iraq for terrorism charges. Prime Minister Al-Sudani has expressed a desire for regional mediation, but Shiite factions within Iraq are vehemently against al-Sharaa’s attendance at the summit due to his history of conflict with the Assad regime in Syria. The discord surrounding al-Sharaa’s potential presence at the summit highlights the complex political dynamics at play in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The invitation extended to Syria’s new President Ahmad al-Sharaa for an Arab League summit in Baghdad has stirred political tensions in Iraq. Al-Sharaa, a former Sunni Islamist militant, is currently wanted in Iraq for terrorism charges. Prime Minister Al-Sudani has expressed a desire for regional mediation, but Shiite factions within Iraq are vehemently against al-Sharaa’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":106456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120542116imgsize-1111060-3.jpg",1281,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120542116imgsize-1111060-3-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120542116imgsize-1111060-3-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120542116imgsize-1111060-3-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120542116imgsize-1111060-3-1024x576.jpg",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120542116imgsize-1111060-3.jpg",1281,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120542116imgsize-1111060-3.jpg",1281,720,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/author\/"},"category_info":"JUST IN<\/a>","tag_info":"JUST IN","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106455"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}