"Al-Sharaa's trip, planned for November 10, will be first-ever visit by a Syrian president to the White House. United States President Donald Trump will host Syria's interim leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, for talks on November 10, according to Washington's envoy to Damascus, in what would mark the first-ever visit by a Syrian president to the US capital. Tom Barrack, the US envoy to Syria, told the Axios newspaper on Saturday that al-Sharaa is expected to sign an agreement to join an international US-led alliance against the ISIL (ISIS) group during his visit."
"Barrack, the US envoy to Syria, told reporters on the sidelines of the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain that Washington was aiming to recruit Damascus to join the coalition the US has led since 2014 to fight against ISIL, the armed group that controlled about a third of Syria and Iraq at its peak, between 2014 and 2017. We are trying to get everybody to be a partner in this alliance, which is huge for them, Barrack said."
Ahmad al-Sharaa, Syria's interim leader who seized power from Bashar al-Assad last December, will visit Washington on November 10 for what would be the first Syrian presidential visit to the White House. President Donald Trump will host al-Sharaa, who has sought to re-establish ties with world powers after the Assad era. US envoy Tom Barrack indicated al-Sharaa is expected to sign an agreement to join the US-led international coalition against ISIL during the visit. Reuters cited a Syrian source saying the trip was expected within two weeks. Al-Sharaa once led Syria's offshoot of al-Qaeda a decade ago.
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