"In Washington, Al-Sharaa quietly entered the Oval Office through the West Executive Avenue rather than on the West Wing driveway, where other foreign leaders generally arrive. The 43-year-old leader of Syria, who was once imprisoned by U.S. soldiers in Iraq and was only dropped from the United Nations sanction list this month, waved to gathered crowds as he departed the White House."
""This is part of the president's efforts in diplomacy to meet with anyone around the world in the pursuit of peace," Leavitt said in anticipation of Al-Sharaa's arrival. Apart from attempting to smooth over Syria's rocky relationship with the U.S., the Trump administration is hopeful that al-Sharaa can lead the war-torn country into an era of stability despite constant threats from Islamic terrorist groups in the region."
President Donald Trump met privately at the White House with Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa after U.S. officials removed al-Sharaa from the list of global terrorists three days earlier. Al-Sharaa is a former leader of an Al Qaeda affiliate who once faced a $10 million U.S. bounty and was imprisoned by U.S. soldiers in Iraq. The visit followed an earlier encounter in Saudi Arabia and preceded a U.S. decision to lift sanctions on Bashar al-Assad's government. The White House framed the meeting as part of diplomatic efforts to pursue peace and expressed hope that al-Sharaa could steer Syria toward stability despite ongoing terrorist threats.
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