Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in the United States on Saturday for a historic official visit, his country's state news agency reported.

The visit comes just a day after Washington removed him from its terrorism blacklist.

According to analysts, this marks the first visit by a Syrian president to the United States since the country gained independence in 1946. Also Read | Who is Austin Tice, the American reporter missing in Syria since 2012?

The interim leader met Trump for the first time in Riyadh during the US president's regional tour in May.

Washington's envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, said earlier this month that Sharaa would “hopefully” sign an agreement to join the international US-led alliance against the Islamic State (IS) group.

The United States plans to establ

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