Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa sat for an interview with former CIA Director David Petraeus in New York yesterday. Petraeus had commanded U.S. forces during the invasion of Iraq and imprisoned al-Sharaa from 2006 to 2011. Al-Sharaa had a $10 million bounty placed on his head by the U.S. as leader of the Syrian militant group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham; the bounty was lifted last December. Here’s Petraeus speaking with al-Sharaa yesterday.

David Petraeus: “We thank you for sharing your vision today. We wish you strength and wisdom in the difficult work ahead. We obviously hope for your success, inshallah, because at the end of the day your success is our success.”