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		<title>Trump hosts Syrian president once wanted as &#8216;terrorist&#8217; in historic White House visit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 19:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>No reporters or cameras were allowed into President Ahmed al-Sharaa&#8217;s meeting. The United States says it is halting comprehensive sanctions on Syria for the next 180 days, following a high-stakes meeting between President Donald Trump and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, someone the U.S. once branded a &#8220;terrorist,&#8221; at the White House on Monday. The Treasury...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>No reporters or cameras were allowed into President Ahmed al-Sharaa&#8217;s meeting.</strong></p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC ">The United States says it is halting comprehensive sanctions on Syria for the next 180 days, following a high-stakes meeting between President Donald Trump and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, someone the U.S. once branded a &#8220;terrorist,&#8221; at the White House on Monday.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">The Treasury Department said that Trump &#8220;is delivering on his commitment to give Syria ‘a chance at greatness'&#8221; by suspending the Caesar Act, legislation that upholds tough sanctions against Syria which were imposed over alleged widespread human rights abuses by the former regime of Bashar al-Assad.</p>
<p>Continue reading <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-meets-syrias-president-historic-white-house-visit/story?id=127380173">HERE</a></p>
<p>Source: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-meets-syrias-president-historic-white-house-visit/story?id=127380173</p>
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		<title>The New Pragmatism Reshaping Syria, and the Risks Ahead</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Erickson | Newsweek]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa didn&#8217;t take office through an election. He took it after a dominant military victory. His forces swept into Damascus last winter, ending Bashar al-Assad&#8216;s decades-long rule and installing a transitional government with himself at the top. But for all the baggage he brings with him, as a former rebel commander, a...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa didn&#8217;t take office through an election. He took it after a dominant military victory. His forces swept into Damascus <a class="multivariate" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syrias-leader-sharaa-named-president-transitional-period-state-news-agency-says-2025-01-29/" rel="nofollow">last winter</a>, ending <a class="multivariate" href="https://www.newsweek.com/topic/bashar-al-assad" data-sys="1">Bashar al-Assad</a>&#8216;s decades-long rule and installing a transitional government with himself at the top. But for all the <a class="multivariate" href="https://apnews.com/article/syria-president-rebel-bashar-assad-54f1f042c887c613d82a33a20e1d71a7" rel="nofollow">baggage he brings with him</a>, as a former rebel commander, a onetime affiliate of jihadist networks, and a man who once ruled Idlib with an iron grip, there&#8217;s a strange twist to the story: He wants in.</p>
<p>Not only into Damascus, but into the world.</p>
<p>From every credible indication, al-Sharaa is trying to internationalize Syria, economically, politically, and diplomatically. He&#8217;s <a class="multivariate" href="https://apnews.com/article/turkey-syria-sharaa-erdogan-kurds-aca14899b624d7ca98c447ae7008b05d" rel="nofollow">lobbying</a> for trade, <a class="multivariate" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syrian-leader-sharaas-path-global-jihad-trump-meeting-2025-05-14/" rel="nofollow">courting</a> Western governments, and <a class="multivariate" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syrian-leader-sharaa-pledges-form-inclusive-government-2025-01-30/" rel="nofollow">talking openly</a> about modernization, transparency, and inclusion. This isn&#8217;t window dressing for foreign cameras. It&#8217;s a strategic reorientation, and by all appearances, he means it.</p>
<p>Continue reading <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/new-pragmatism-reshaping-syria-risks-ahead-opinion-2113622">HERE</a></p>
<p>Source: https://www.newsweek.com/new-pragmatism-reshaping-syria-risks-ahead-opinion-2113622</p>
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