Trump to host Syrian president al-Sharaa at White House next week

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4 November 2025, 11:07 pm

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Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

US President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 14, 2025. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)

US press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirms that US President Donald Trump will host Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday, November 10.

Over the weekend, Trump’s envoy for Syria Tom Barrack first revealed the news of the visit without giving a specific date.

During the visit, Syria will “hopefully” join the US-led coalition to defeat the Islamic State group, known as ISIS, Barrack told reporters on the sidelines of a conference in Bahrain.

Trump met with Sharaa in Saudi Arabia in May in what was the first encounter between the two nations’ leaders in 25 years — since Hafez Assad met Bill Clinton in Geneva in 2000. Syria continues to struggle to emerge from decades of international isolation.