Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa has become the first Syrian leader to visit the White House in at least 80 years. Sharaa and US President Donald Trump reached agreements on sanctions and the fight against ISIL. | Al Jazeera English

Less than a year after his lightning power grab, Syria's President Ahmed Al-Sharaa is capping his transformation from jihadist to global statesman in a historic visit to the White House that says as much about the young leader as it does his push for his country's diplomatic reinvention. CNN's Paula Hancocks reports. Read more: https://cnn.it/4qSCDsT | CNN