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Ahmad al-Sharaa, once detained by the U.S. military after joining Al Qaeda, becomes the first Syrian president to visit the White House since 1946.

The Syrian leader will push Trump to permanently repeal the Caesar Act, sweeping sanctions imposed on former President Assad’s government.

Syria is expected to formally join the U.S.-led coalition during the meeting, though concerns persist about sectarian violence and minority rights.

BEIRUT — Two decades ago, Ahmad al-Sharaa was held in a U.S.-run detention center in Iraq after joining Al Qaeda militants fighting against American forces there.

Few would have predicted that he would go on to become the first Syrian president to vis

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