US EditionTrump to Host Al-Sharaa in First-Ever Visit by a Syrian President to White House, Official Says
- On Saturday, United States Special Envoy Tom Barrack said Damascus's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa is expected to travel to Washington to sign an agreement joining the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS.
- Since seizing power last December, Sharaa has made foreign trips to rebuild ties, including a May meeting with US President Donald Trump as his transitional government seeks recognition.
- The United States has been collaborating with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces to fight Islamic State, and SDF leader Mazloum Abdi said last month they reached a preliminary integration deal with Damascus.
- A Syrian source said the US is pushing for a security agreement with Israel to be agreed by the time Sharaa visits Washington, expected within two weeks, Barrack revealed.
- The US-led coalition drove Islamic State from its last Syrian stronghold in 2019, and Sharaa’s September address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York signals expanding international engagement as sources say IS seeks a comeback.
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A top Syrian diplomat said on Sunday that president Ahmed al-Sharaa will make a 'historic' visit to Washington DC later this month to discuss issues including lifting remaining sanctions, reconstruction…
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President Donald Trump is expected to host Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa next week as the administration works to reset U.S.-Syria relations and lift sanctions.
Trump to host Syrian president at White House
President Donald Trump will host Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House on Friday, a White House official told POLITICO, as the administration continues to make Middle East diplomacy a central tenet of its foreign policy prospectus. The planned visit is just the latest significant step in the administration’s effort to shore up relations with Damascus, nearly one year after al-Sharaa’s forces toppled the authoritarian government of …
The state news agency confirms that interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa is scheduled to travel to the USA, where Syria will be rebuilt in November – and how to deal with ISIS.
Syrian president will visit White House in early November, foreign minister says
Syrian Foreign Minister Asad al-Shaibani confirmed on Sunday that President Ahmed al-Sharaa will visit the White House in early November and discuss the reconstruction of Syria.
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