After years of isolation and war Syria is coming in from the cold.

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa has met US President Donald Trump in Washington DC.

It is the first official visit by a Syrian President to the White House is almost 80 years.

Joshua Landis, Director of the Centre for Middle East Studies at the University of OklahomaDonald Trump, US PresidentKaram Shaar, Syrian economist from New ZealandIsmail Alabdullah, Aleppo Resident

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa has met US President Donald Trump in Washington DC.(Reuters: Khalil Ashawi)

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