President Donald Trump is hosting Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday, welcoming the once-pariah state into a U.S.-led global coalition to fight the Islamic State group. The meeting arrives after the U.S. lifted sanctions imposed on Syria during the decades the country was ruled by the Assad family. Al-Sharaa led the rebel forces that toppled Syrian …
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Syrian President al-Sharaa meets with Trump at White House, a first for former jihadist
The Oval Office is a long way from Abu Ghraib. When he’s greeted by President Donald Trump on Monday, Ahmad al-Sharaa will have completed his journey from jihadist leader to head of state receiving a warm White House welcome. Since toppling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, Syria‘s interim leader has spent the past year transforming his global image while …
Read More »Syrian president arrives in U.S. for meeting with Trump
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in the U.S. on Saturday for ahead of his landmark meeting with President Trump, his country’s state news agency reported, a day after Washington removed him from a terrorism blacklist. Al-Sharaa, whose rebel forces ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad late last year, is due to meet Mr. Trump at the White House on Monday. It’s …
Read More »Trump to host Syrian president at White House – Politico
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Read More »A Syrian president speaks at the U.N. for the first time in nearly 6 decades : NPR
Syria President Ahmad Al-Sharaa speaks during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday at U.N. headquarters. Heather Khalifa/AP hide caption toggle caption Heather Khalifa/AP UNITED NATIONS — Turning the page on decades of distance, Syria’s president addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, marking the first time any president from his country has done so in …
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