WASHINGTON — Syria President Ahmed al-Sharaa met Monday with President Trump in the first-ever White House visit for a Damascus head of state — days after the US and United Nations removed sanctions on the onetime al Qaeda terrorist who formerly had a $10 million bounty on his head.

Al-Sharaa, 43, walked down Pennsylvania Avenue to greet dozens of supporters following the roughly 90-minute Oval Office meeting, which was closed to the press. The group held signs calling for Congress to permanently end sanctions that the Trump administration temporarily waived earlier this year.

The White House visit was the latest step in al-Sharaa’s dramatic image revamp from turban-wearing jihadist to US-backed head of state since his rebels defeated Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a surprise of

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