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'Jewlani confirmed!’
Conspiracy theories regarding the origins of Ahmad al-Sharaa, leader of triumphant Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, have been going rampant on social and traditional media across the Middle East and beyond, propagated mainly by Islamic Republic sympathizers and Assad regime loyalists.
Sharaa, who took the nickname Abu Mohammad al-Julani, has been facing staunch criticism for his role in the fall of the Assad regime, considered an important crossroads of the Iranian axis, originating in media personalities, politicians, and even academics. Julani also faces attacks from anti-Islamist actors who reject Salafi ideologies and base their disdain on his roles in several al-Qaeda offshoots.
Conspiracy theories varied, with many attempting to claim that nothing is known of Julani’s past and origins, despite official claims that his family hails from Syria - while others relied on Julani’s quote from earlier this week that he is not looking for a conflict with Israel, deeming him “a Jew.”
An Iranian user named Dr. Shahla surfed on the trend, tweeting, “Why is there no knowledge...