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According to US information, Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa will travel to Washington this month. During his visit, al-Sharaa is expected to sign an agreement on Syria’s entry into the US-led international coalition to fight the jihadist militia “Islamic State” (IS), US Syria envoy Tom Barrack said on Saturday on the sidelines of a security conference in Bahrain.
It would be al-Sharaa’s first visit to the US capital. In September, the former leader of the Islamist HTS militia took part in the general debate at the UN General Assembly in New York.
As part of a rapprochement between Washington and Damascus following the overthrow of long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad, US President Donald Trump lifted US sanctions against Syria in June. Assad was overthrown by the HTS militia and groups allied with it at the beginning of December 2024. The HTS is a former branch of Al-Qaeda, but broke away from the terrorist network years ago. The former jihadist and current interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa has been trying to create a more moderate image since taking office.
The US government is not sending high-level representatives to the COP30 global climate conference in Brazil. Instead, President Donald Trump is “speaking directly to leaders around the world about energy issues,” a White House official said Saturday. This can be seen “in the historic trade agreements and peace agreements, all of which have a significant focus on energy partnerships.”
US President Trump was not expected to personally attend the UN climate conference taking place from November 10th to 21st in Belém, Brazil. Under the right-wing populist, the USA, the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases, has again withdrawn from the Paris climate protection agreement. During his first term in office from 2017 to 2021, the Republican canceled the climate protection agreement, which was intended to limit the global temperature increase to less than two degrees compared to the pre-industrial era. Rather, Trump is committed to greater production of oil and gas.
