Shara, who once led a branch of Al Qaeda, was the first time in 25 years that the leaders of the United States and Syria had ...

"He's got the potential - he's a real leader," Trump said on Air Force One after meeting Syrian Interim President Ahmed ...

The US president warmly greeted former al-Qaeda ... five years without being charged. The group's Iraqi leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, sent Mr Sharaa to his native Syria in 2011 after a popular ...

President Donald Trump will meet Wednesday in Saudi Arabia with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the onetime insurgent who last year led the overthrow of former leader Bashar Assad.