
US President Donald Trump hosts Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday in the first visit by a Syrian head of state since independence in 1946, with Damascus expected to formally join the US-led coalition against the so-called Islamic State group.
"Part of the president's efforts in diplomacy to meet with anyone around the world in the pursuit of peace," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said of the visit.