United Nations- Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa met with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the Syrian state news agency SANA said early on Thursday.

SANA released a photograph showing Al-Sharaa shaking hands with Trump, with First Lady Melania Trump also present. The agency provided no further details.

This was the second meeting between the two leaders, following their meeting in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, in May.

Earlier on Monday, Al-Sharaa met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York, expanding relations with the West and further easing his country’s isolation. He also became Syria’s first leader to take part in a UN high-level meeting in nearly 60 years.

The last time a Syrian head of state attended the UN Ge

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