Trump says former al-Qaeda militant turned Syrian President, Ahmed al-Sharaa "had a rough past" after the pair met at the White House on Monday (10 November). The Syrian leader was the former head of the Islamist militant group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham which, although once aligned with al-Qaeda, severed ties in 2017. He stormed to power in December last year, leading rebel forces that toppled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. Sharaa, who once had a $10 million US bounty on his head, has been dubbed

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