Trump hosts Syria’s al-Sharaa at White House as US extends sanctions relief

United States President Donald Trump has held talks with Syria’s interim leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, at the White House as the Treasury Department announced suspending sanctions against Damascus for a further six months.

The meeting on Monday capped a stunning year for al-Sharaa, a 43-year-old former al-Qaeda commander who toppled the longtime autocratic leader of Syria, Bashar al-Assad last December.

Al Jazeera’s White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett reports from Washington DC.

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