Packet 10: Tossup 5

A Reuters article reports this leader employs an Australian who calls himself a “Cricket Fan” and “Shwarma Lover” in pseudonymous online profiles. This leader’s brother, a former PepsiCo manager, unofficially supervises a restructuring committee that targets (15[1])tycoons of “the Group.” This leader led the shockingly successful “Deterrence of Aggression” campaign. (-5[1])This leader integrated the White Helmets into a (15[1])disaster (15[3])relief ministry (15[1]-5[1])after they searched (*) Sednaya Prison. In November (-5[1])2017, (10[2])this leader established (10[1]0[1])the SSG civil administration in Idlib (10[1])Governorate. (10[3])During the caretaker (10[1])government (10[1])of Mohammad al-Bashir, this leader began negotiations to incorporate (-5[1])SDF forces and the Rojava (10[1]-5[1])into his transitional (10[2])government. (10[1])For 10 points, what former leader (10[1])of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, is the current President of Syria? ■END■ (10[1]0[8])

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