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 the first such visit by a Syrian president since the country's independence in 1946, according to analysts. Al-Sharaa addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York City in September.

The interim leader met Mr. Trump for the first time in Riyadh during Mr. Trump's Middle East tour in May.

U.S. envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said earlier this month that al-Sharaa would "hopefully" sign an agreement t

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