US EditionTrump to Host Syrian President in Historic White House Visit
- 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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The Syrian president and former jihadist Ahmed al-Sharaa is now visiting Washington shortly after his visit to Moscow. Donald Trump wants to bring him deals that have recently appeared unimaginable.
The transitional president hopes to obtain the lifting of the international sanctions imposed on Syria under the Al-Assad regime, and should ratify his country's accession to the international coalition against the Islamic State organization.
Syrian President confirmed to visit Washington this month
According to the official SANA news agency, Al-Shaibani reported that the president will meet with US officials at the White House and specified that the reconstruction of Syria will be one of the main topics discussed during his stay in the US capital. The Foreign Minister stressed that there is no longer any justification for the continuation of sanctions against his country and reiterated that Syria aspires to maintain balanced relations with…
Syrian interim president al-Sharaa will travel to Washington this month, according to US information.
This would be the first visit of the Syrian leader to the American capital. Diplomatic relations between Washington and Damascus have warmed since the fall of Assad and the announcement in May of the lifting of American sanctions.
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