Syrian president Sharaa expected to visit Washington, US envoy says

AL-MONITOR
Nov 1, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 24, 2025. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 24, 2025. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo — Shannon Stapleton

MANAMA (Reuters) -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 "hopefully" join the U.S.-led coalition to defeat Islamic State, Barrack told reporters on the sidelines of the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain, an annual global security and geopolitical conference.

(Reporting by Alexander Cornwell; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

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