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The Whitewashing of Ahmed al-Sharaa

An invitation to visit the White House has always been the pinnacle of political whitewashing, at least from a Western ...
In November 2025, as U.S. President Donald Trump met interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House, a claim ...
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Thursday that protesters had “legitimate demands,” state media reported, days after ...
But that’s exactly what happened when Donald Trump welcomed his Syrian counterpart, Ahmed al-Sharaa, to Washington on November 10. Al-Sharaa became the first Syrian leader in history to be invited to ...
Sharaa's visit to the US. Not because it is a Syrian leader's first visit since the nation gained independence from France in ...
Al-Sharaa's U.S. visit to the White House was important in many ways. First, the visit provided international legitimacy to ...
President Donald Trump met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House Monday, prompting scrutiny over al-Sharaa’s treatment of his country’s Christian minority. Trump has made addressing ...
Sharaa's White House visit, Trump also welcomed Syria into the US-led global coalition to fight against the Islamic State (IS) group.
The United States said on Monday it was partly suspending enforcement of some of its toughest sanctions on Syria for another 180 days as President Donald Trump hosted Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa ...
The Syrian president’s visit to the White House will be significant only if he can stabilize his country from within.
President Donald Trump had a personal question for a fellow world leader. On Monday, November 10, the former businessman, 79, ...