Syrian President Ahmad Sharaa will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday. This meeting comes at the end of a pivotal year for Sharaa, during which he made efforts to end Syria's international isolation. Two senior officials revealed that Syria thwarted two separate plots by the terrorist organization ISIS to assassinate President Ahmad Sharaa. This adds a personal dimension to Sharaa's plans to join a U.S.-led coalition to fight the extremist group, which he has been confronting for a long time. According to the sources, the two plots targeting Sharaa were foiled in the past few months, confirming the direct threat the Syrian president faces. It is also expected that Syria will join the U.S.-led coalition to fight ISIS. These statements coincide with an unprecedented visit by Sharaa to the White House to meet with Donald Trump. The talks could see Syria join an America-led coalition against the terrorist group. Trump will host Sharaa during the first-ever visit by a Syrian president to the White House, six months after their first meeting in Saudi Arabia and just days after Washington removed Sharaa from its list of terrorists. Among the key issues to be discussed is U.S. mediation in talks between Syria and Israel regarding a potential security agreement.
