Shara Tibken is a former Personal Tech news editor for The Wall Street Journal in San Francisco. She edited a team of award-winning columnists and reporters covering the latest AI developments ...

President Trump’s conversation with President Ahmed al-Shara, who once led a branch of Al Qaeda, was the first time in 25 years that the leaders of the United States and Syria had met.

The new leadership of the country said the rebel coalition leader, Ahmed al-Shara, would serve as president during a transitional period. By Christina Goldbaum Reporting from Damascus, Syria The ...