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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Wednesday while attending the NATO summit in Turkey, the White House said. Those discussions will come as Kyiv tries to refocus Trump’s attention on the conflict with Moscow and as Trump has publicly mused about Syria’s role in the Middle East. White House…

Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa has accused Israel of heightening regional tensions and fabricating external threats to distract from the “horrifying massacres” in Gaza, during an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour at the Doha Forum on Saturday. Al-Sharaa claimed Israeli leaders frequently “export crises to other countries” under the guise of security, arguing that the state has used the…

The surreal spectacle of Ahmed al-Sharaa strolling through the White House—greeting supporters, playing basketball with American military officials, and schmoozing with congressional leaders—would have been dismissed as fever-dream fantasy just two years ago. Yet here we are, watching a former al-Qaeda affiliate, once hunted by American forces in Iraq, receiving the royal treatment from a US…

Published on 11/11/2025 – 5:42 GMT+1 US President Donald Trump vowed to “do everything we can to make Syria successful” following a first-of-its-kind White House meeting with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Monday. The Oval Office meeting was closed to the press, and al-Sharaa entered the building through West Executive Avenue, adjacent to the White House, rather than on the West Wing…

By&nbspJerry Fisayo-Bambi&nbspwith&nbspAP Published on 10/11/2025 – 8:15 GMT+1 •Updated 9:03 US President Donald Trump hosts Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday in the first visit by a Syrian head of state since independence in 1946, with Damascus expected to formally join the US-led coalition against the so-called Islamic State group. “Part of the president’s…

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in Washington on Saturday for his first official visit to the United States, just two days after Washington formally removed him from its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists, a move signaling a historic thaw in relations between the former foes. The trip marks the highest-level contact between Damascus and Washington in nearly two decades.…

The United Nations Security Council voted on Thursday to lift long-standing sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Interior Minister Anas Khattab, paving the way for a major diplomatic thaw between Damascus and Washington. The U.S.-drafted resolution passed with 14 votes in favor and one abstention from China, marking a decisive shift after more than a decade of punitive measures tied…

Al-Sharaa’s trip, planned for November 10, will be first-ever visit by a Syrian president to the White House. Published On 2 Nov 20252 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share United States President Donald Trump is to host Syria’s interim leader for talks this month in what would mark the first visit by a Syrian president to the US capital. Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad…