{"id":4968,"date":"2025-11-02T17:28:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T17:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moderncryptotrader.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/02\/syrias-interim-president-al-sharaa-expected-to-meet-with-trump-in-first-visit-by-syrian-leader-to-white-house\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T17:28:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T17:28:17","slug":"syrias-interim-president-al-sharaa-expected-to-meet-with-trump-in-first-visit-by-syrian-leader-to-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moderncryptotrader.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/02\/syrias-interim-president-al-sharaa-expected-to-meet-with-trump-in-first-visit-by-syrian-leader-to-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria\u2019s interim President al-Sharaa expected to meet with Trump in first visit by Syrian leader to White House"},"content":{"rendered":"

Syria\u2019s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa is expected to visit Washington, D.C., and meet with President Donald Trump next week, the first-ever official visit by a Syrian president to the U.S. capital.<\/p>\n

A White House official confirmed to Fox News Digital that the meeting was planned for Nov. 10. News of the meeting was first reported by Axios.<\/p>\n

Trump and al-Sharaa met for the first time in May on the sidelines of the president\u2019s trip to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

‘Young, attractive guy, tough guy,’ Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One after meeting al-Sharaa, who is a former Al-Qaeda leader. ‘Strong past, very strong past \u2014 fighter. He\u2019s got a real shot at holding it together.’<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Al-Sharaa, formerly known by the nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, led the rebel offensive in December that toppled former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad\u2019s regime.<\/p>\n

His group, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, was designated by the U.S. State Department as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced in June that the Trump administration would remove the label amid the president\u2019s efforts to reset U.S.-Syria ties.<\/p>\n

‘This FTO revocation is an important step in fulfilling President Trump\u2019s vision of a stable, unified, and peaceful Syria,’ Rubio said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Trump received a standing ovation in Riyadh after announcing his administration would order the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to ‘give them a chance at greatness.’<\/p>\n

‘Oh, what I do for the crown prince,’ he joked, referring to Saudi Arabia\u2019s de facto leader, Mohammed bin-Salman, who pushed Trump to meet with Syria\u2019s new leader.<\/p>\n

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Efforts to lift the Caesar sanctions, the strongest sanctions on Syria, have faced procedural delays in Congress.<\/p>\n

A U.S. State Department spokesperson told Reuters on Friday that the Trump administration supports repealing the Caesar sanctions through the National Defense Authorization Act bill, which is under discussion by U.S. lawmakers.<\/p>\n

The bill, which was named after a Syrian Army defector who smuggled thousands of images documenting torture and executions in Bashar al-Assad’s prisons, targeted entities and individuals who provided support to Assad\u2019s regime.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This post appeared first on FOX NEWS<\/div>\n

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