Milan, December 19 (LaPresse) – The de facto leader of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, whose real name is Muhammad al-Jolani, stated that the country is exhausted by war and does not pose a threat to its neighbors or the West. In an interview with the BBC in Damascus, he called for the lifting of sanctions on Syria. "Now, after everything that has happened, the sanctions must be lifted because they were aimed at the old regime. The victim and the oppressor should not be treated the same way," he said.