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Trump meets Syria’s leader at White House in historic visit

President Trump welcomed Syria’s transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa for a historic visit to the White House on Monday.

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The visit, a powerful symbol of the country’s return to the international community from its pariah status under the Assad regime, make Al-Sharaa the first Syrian leader to ever meet with the president at the White House. The trip is meant to further demonstrate al-Sharaa’s transformation from a jihadist fighting Americans in Iraq to a global statesman.

The visit comes nearly one year since al-Sharaa led a lightning offensive at the head of the formerly designated terrorist group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham into Damascus, sending the country’s dictator for more than two decades, Bas

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