{"id":1573,"date":"2025-11-09T04:32:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T04:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1573"},"modified":"2025-11-09T04:32:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T04:32:48","slug":"syrias-al-sharaa-arrives-in-us-for-official-visit-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1573","title":{"rendered":"Syria\u2019s al-Sharaa arrives in US for official visit | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Visit comes as Syria announces launching a \u2018large-scale operation\u2019 targeting ISIL cells across the country.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 9 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">9 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has arrived in the United States for an official visit, according to state media, during which Washington hopes to enlist Damascus in its global coalition against ISIL, or ISIS.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Sharaa\u2019s arrival in the US capital came late on Saturday as Syria\u2019s Ministry of Interior announced launching a \u201clarge-scale security operation\u201d across the country, targeting ISIL cells.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Al-Sharaa, whose rebel forces ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad late last year, is due to meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first such visit by a Syrian president since the country\u2019s independence in 1946, according to analysts. Al-Sharaa, who had met Trump for the first time in Riyadh in May, was removed from a US \u201cterrorist\u201d sanctions list on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said earlier this month that al-Sharaa would \u201chopefully\u201d sign an agreement to join the international US-led alliance against ISIL.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">Washington is also preparing to establish a military presence at an airbase in Damascus to help enable a security pact that the US is brokering between Syria and Israel, according to the Reuters and AFP news agencies.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, al-Sharaa is expected to seek funds for Syria, which faces significant challenges in rebuilding after 13 years of brutal civil war. The World Bank has estimated that the cost of reconstruction could take at least $216bn, a figure that it described as a \u201cconservative best estimate\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Sharaa once led Syria\u2019s offshoot of al-Qaeda, but his anti-Assad group broke away from the network a decade ago and later clashed with ISIL. Al-Sharaa\u2019s group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), was delisted as a terrorist group by Washington in July.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Sharaa\u2019s trip to Washington, DC, comes after his landmark visit to the United Nations in September, his first time on US soil, where he became the first Syrian president in decades to address the UN General Assembly in New York.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the US led a vote by the UN Security Council to remove sanctions against him.<\/p>\n<p>In Damascus on Saturday, state media reported that Syrian security forces had carried out 61 raids across the country targeting ISIL cells.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Syrian Interior Ministry said at least 71 people were arrested, while explosives and weapons were seized.<\/p>\n<p>Syria\u2019s SANA news agency, citing the ministry, said the operations were carried out in the Aleppo, Idlib, Hama, Homs and Damascus countrysides, and that the campaign was part of \u201congoing nation efforts to combat terrorism and protect public safety\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visit comes as Syria announces launching a \u2018large-scale operation\u2019 targeting ISIL cells across the country. 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