Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa: The conclusion I drew from Iraq was that we must not transfer Iraq's reality to Syria. Every country has its own circumstances and its own problems.

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa: The conclusion I drew from Iraq was that we must not transfer Iraq's reality to Syria. Every country has its own circumstances and its own problems. What I learned from Iraq was that the conflicts, divisions, and sectarian strife that consumed Iraq should never be repeated in Syria.