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Syrian leader to discuss sanctions, reconstruction in US visit: FM

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November 03, 2025

Syria's president will discuss issues including lifting remaining sanctions, reconstruction and counter-terrorism when he becomes the country's first leader to pay an official visit to Washington later this month, the foreign minister said on Sunday.

Ahmed Al Sharaa is expected in the US capital in early November, Syria's top diplomat Asaad Al Shaibani told a panel at the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain.

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