Farouk al-Sharaa

Farouk al-Sharaa

al-Sharaa

Farouk al-Sharaa is a Syrian politician and diplomat. He served as served as foreign minister from 1984 to 2006, then as vice president until 2014.

Farouk al-Sharaa's recalls how leaders failed to address pressing issues at the last Arab Summit in Libya, after which the MENA was rocked by uprisings.

24 June, 2025

In the latest instalment of Farouk al-Sharaa's newly published memoirs, he recounts the delaying and then derailing of the 2004 Arab Summit in Tunis.

18 June, 2025

The latest instalment of Farouk al-Sharaa’s released memoirs includes an excerpt from the transcript of Rafic Hariri's final meeting with Bashar al-Assad.

13 June, 2025

For decades, Farouk al-Sharaa was among Syria's most important political figures. His newly published memoirs reflect on a turbulent era in Syria's history.

08 May, 2025