Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa is meeting President Trump at the White House on Monday, continuing a stunning reversal of fortunes for a man branded until three days ago as an international terrorist by the U.S. government with a $10 million bounty on his head.

The former leader of an al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria disavowed Islamic extremism after rising to lead his war-torn country. Nearly a year ago, he led his rebel militia to force long-time dictator Bashar al-Assad out of office and into exile in Russia.

Syria was crippled for decades under sanctions imposed by the U.S. and other nations against Assad, and Monday's meeting at the White House could see the nation come in even further out of the geopolitical cold, as Al-Sharaa seeks to normalize relations.

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