MANAMA: Syria’s president will discuss issues including lifting remaining sanctions, reconstruction and counter-terrorism when he becomes the country’s first leader to pay an official visit to Washington later this month, the foreign minister said Sunday. Ahmed Al-Sharaa is expected in the US capital in early November, Syria’s top diplomat Asaad Al-Shaibani told a panel at the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain. “This visit is certainly historic,” he said. “Many topics will be discussed, starting with the lifting of sanctions,” Shaibani said, adding: “Today we are fighting (the Islamic State) ...

MANAMA: United States Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said on Saturday that Syrian President Ahmed Sharaa was expected to visit Washington. During the visit, Syria would…

Al-Sharaa's trip, planned for November 10, will be first-ever visit by a Syrian president to the White House.

Al-Sharaa's trip, confirmed by Damascus, will be the first official visit by a Syrian president to the US.

MANAMA: Syria’s president will discuss issues including lifting remaining sanctions, reconstruction and counter-terrorism when he becomes the country’s first leader to pay an…