France is the first Western country to welcome Ahmed al-Sharaa, who with the toppling of Bashar al-Assad last December, shed his fatigues and his Islamist militia leader name Abu Mohammed al-Joulani. The right moment? Yes, if it is time to fully scrap sanctions and help Syria’s economy a chance to recover from more than a decade of civil war. The new masters of Damascus say they need money and time, time to make good on their pledge of an inclusive country that protects its myriad of minorities.