US President Donald Trump will host Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the White House on November 10, marking the first-ever visit by a Syrian leader to Washington, an administration official said on Saturday.

The meeting, yet to be formally announced, follows Trump’s earlier encounter with al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia in May, the first meeting between the two countries’ leaders in 25 years. The May interaction, held on the sidelines of Trump’s talks with Gulf Cooperation Council leaders, signaled a major diplomatic shift for Syria as it attempts to emerge from decades of isolation following the Assad family’s 50-year rule.

Al-Sharaa, who once had a $10 million US bounty on his head under his former alias Abu Mohammed al-Golani, was previously linked to al-Qaida and fought against America

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