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In 2019, President Trump sent U.S. commandos to a small village in Syria to kill the leader of Islamic State. On Monday, Syria's president, a former associate of that leader, will take another step to strengthen his alliance with the White House.
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara's meeting with President Trump in Washington signifies a new turn for al-Shara, a former Islamist rebel leader who was once designated by the United States as a terrorist with a $10 million bounty on his head. Our reporter Christina Goldbaum describes the meeting.
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The visit by President Ahmed al-Shara is another step in the transformation of the former rebel leader once wanted by the United States as a terrorist.
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Ahmed al-Sharaa, once branded a terrorist by the US, became the first Syrian leader to visit the White House.
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