The White House confirmed on Sunday that President Donald Trump will hold bilateral talks with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former al-Qaeda jihadist who toppled Bashar Assad, at this week’s NATO summit in Turkey.
Syria is not a member of NATO and, in large part due to Assad’s close alliance with Russia and Iran, has never been previously invited to attend. Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan, one of the most prominent supporters of Sharaa’s former militia Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), reportedly decided to invite the Syrian leader and several other Middle Eastern partners to the summit to address various conflicts in the Middle…
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