Sharaa to visit White House in 1st-ever official visit by Syrian president: Foreign minister

By Betul Yilmaz

ISTANBUL (AA) – Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa will pay an official visit to the White House, in a historic first, to help open a “new chapter” in relations between Damascus and Washington, said the nation’s foreign minister on Sunday.

“President Ahmad al-Sharaa will be at the White House at the start of November,” Asaad al-Shaibani said in a speech in the Gulf state of Bahrain.

“Of course, this is a historic visit. It is the first visit by a Syrian president to the White House in more than 80 years,” Shaibani said.

US Special Envoy Tom Barrack, who also serves as US ambassador to Türkiye, told Axios that the visit will take place in the second week of the month, on Nov. 10.