Trump hosts Syrian president once wanted as ‘terrorist’ in historic White House visit
No reporters or cameras were allowed into President Ahmed al-Sharaa’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 “terrorist,” at the White House on Monday.
The Treasury Department said that Trump “is delivering on his commitment to give Syria ‘a chance at greatness'” 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.
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