Trump, Syria and White House

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Trump to meet Sharaa at White House, capping major turnaround for Syria
By Steve Holland and Timour Azhari WASHINGTON/RIYADH (Reuters) -Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa's White House meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday caps a stunning year for the rebel-turned-ruler who toppled a longtime autocratic leader and has since toured the world as he seeks to end Syria's international isolation.

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From jailed jihadist to the Oval Office: Syria's president caps unlikely rise with Trump meeting
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, once an al Qaeda leader, meeting Trump at White House
Syria foils two Islamic State plots to assassinate President Sharaa ahead of US visit: Report
Syrian intelligence agencies have reportedly disrupted two separate Islamic State (IS) plots to assassinate President Ahmed al-Sharaa in recent months, according to Reuters, which cited two senior off...

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Live: Syria’s Sharaa to meet Trump and push for lifting of Caesar sanctions in historic US visit
Ex-jihadist Syrian president due at White House for landmark talks
Al-Sharaa to become first Syrian president to visit White House after unlikely rise
Few would have predicted that he would go on to become the first Syrian president to visit Washington since the country’s independence in 1946.

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Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa to meet Trump in historic visit after US lifts terror designation
Syria thwarts two Islamic State plots to assassinate President Sharaa ahead of Trump meeting

Syria foiled two ISIS plots on President Sharaa's life, sources say

The reported plots came to light as Syria was poised to join a US-led global anti-Islamic State coalition when US President Donald Trump hosts Sharaa. Syria has foiled two separate Islamic State plots to assassinate President Ahmed al-Sharaa,
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Dozens arrested in Syria security sweep ahead of Sharaa-Trump talks

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Syrian security forces have arrested more than 70 individuals in a large-scale crackdown on Islamic State (ISIS) cells across several provinces, the Syrian interior ministry announced Saturday.
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Syria’s al-Sharaa pledges commitment to climate goals at COP30

Appearance at Amazon summit comes before talks with Trump in Washington after UN Security Council lifted sanctions.
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