President Donald Trump is hosting Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday,
It’s the first visit to the White House by a Syrian head of state since the Middle Eastern country gained independence from France in 1946 and comes after the U.S. lifted sanctions imposed on Syria during the decades the country was ruled by the Assad family.
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