{"id":1868,"date":"2025-11-11T23:52:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T23:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1868"},"modified":"2025-11-11T23:52:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T23:52:48","slug":"how-will-the-syrian-presidents-visit-to-the-white-house-impact-the-region-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1868","title":{"rendered":"How will the Syrian president\u2019s visit to the White House impact the region? | Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>United States President Donald Trump held historic talks with his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa on Monday.<\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A year ago, the United States was offering a $10m reward for the arrest of the commander of a Syrian armed group, previously linked to al-Qaeda.<\/p>\n<p>Yet on Monday, President Donald Trump hosted him at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>As Syria\u2019s leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa has positioned his country as a regional player \u2013 formally joining the global coalition against ISIL (ISIS).<\/p>\n<p>Trump has also suggested he wants al-Sharaa to join the Abraham Accords.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Israeli military is carrying out air strikes on Syria.<\/p>\n<p>So, how might the new US-Syria relationship reshape power dynamics in the Middle East?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenter:<\/strong> Adrian Finighan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Haid Haid \u2014 Senior non-resident fellow at Arab Reform Initiative<\/p>\n<p>Robert Ford \u2014 Former US ambassador to Syria<\/p>\n<p>Rob Geist Pinfold \u2014 Lecturer in International Security at King\u2019s College London<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 11 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">11 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share dark-view\" 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<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United States President Donald Trump held historic talks with his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa on Monday. A year ago, the United States was offering a $10m reward for the arrest of the commander of a Syrian armed group, previously linked to al-Qaeda. Yet on Monday, President Donald Trump hosted him at the White House. As [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-canada-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}