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Trump to host Syrian president in historic White House meeting amid push for regional peace
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President Donald Trump is preparing to welcome Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Monday in what officials describe as a historic step toward testing whether Damascus can be drawn back into diplomacy after years of war and isolation.
The high-profile meeting underscores a new chapter in U.S.–Syria relations after more than a decade of hostility. A senior administration official told Fox News Digital the visit will focus on counterterrorism cooperation, economic development, and advancing regional peace and security.
During the visit, the official said, «Syria will announce that it is joining the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. Syria will thus become the 90th member of the D-ISIS Coalition, partnering with the United States to eliminate ISIS remnants and halt foreign fighter flows.»
The visit follows a week of major policy shifts. On Thursday, the U.N. Security Council voted 14-0, with China abstaining, to remove sanctions on al-Sharaa and Syria’s interior minister. Additionally, Reuters reported that al-Sharaa and his interior minister, Anas Khattab, had formerly been subject to financial sanctions targeted at al Qaeda and ISIS, with the United States designating them Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
SYRIA’S INTERIM PRESIDENT AL-SHARAA EXPECTED TO MEET WITH TRUMP IN FIRST VISIT BY SYRIAN LEADER TO WHITE HOUSE
In this photo released by the Saudi Royal Palace, interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa shakes hands with President Donald Trump in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 14. At right is Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (AP)
The meeting comes about six weeks after al-Sharaa — the former commander of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, once affiliated with al Qaeda — addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 24, the first by a Syrian head of state in six decades. There, he urged the West to lift sanctions and called for international support to rebuild the country.
According to the administration official, that is about to happen: «Treasury, State, and Commerce will jointly announce measures taken to lift economic restrictions and provide compliance clarity for investors. The United States will allow Syria to resume operations at its Embassy in Washington to further counterterrorism, security, and economic coordination.»
Syrian officials are seeking a reassessment of the Caesar Act sanctions, the main U.S. law still restricting commercial ties with Damascus.
The senior administration official told Fox News Digital, «The Administration is issuing a 180-day suspension of the Caesar Act and is urging Congress to permanently repeal the Act to unlock economic growth. The Trump Administration supports the full repeal of the Caesar Act. This is in line with the President’s announcement on cessation of sanctions. Removal is key to allowing U.S. business and regional states to operate in Syria.»
Syrian security forces walk together along a street, after clashes between Syrian government troops and local Druze fighters resumed in the southern Druze city of Sweida early on Wednesday, collapsing a ceasefire announced just hours earlier that aimed to put an end to days of deadly sectarian bloodshed, in Sweida, Syria July 16, 2025. (Karam al-Masri/Reuters)
EVANGELICAL LEADER SAYS US MUST PROTECT SYRIAN CHRISTIANS FROM ATTACKS BY JIHADI TERRORISTS
Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Ariz., who visited Damascus this summer, told Fox News Digital he views the visit as an opportunity to end years of bloodshed.
«This is the first chance Syria has to emerge from decades of brutal oppression and more than a decade of civil war,» the congressman said. «I went to Damascus to make sure missing Americans like Kayla Mueller are not forgotten, to advocate for expanding the Abraham Accords, and to remind Syria’s new leaders that they must include minorities like the Druze, Christians, and Kurds and protect their rights.»
On Friday, about 100 influential Christian leaders sent a letter to President Trump calling on him to raise the issue of minority rights and protection with the Syrian leader. The letter was led by Dede Laugesen, president of Save the Persecuted Christians, and included Ralph Reed, Tony Perkins, Samuel Rodriguez, Rob McCoy and Alveda King.
Syrian citizens and security forces inspect the damage inside Mar Elias church where a suicide bomber detonated himself in Dweil’a on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (Omar Sanadiki/AP Photo)
In it, they thanked Trump for his efforts in protecting Christians and also asked him to bring up the issue with al-Sharaa. «We urge you to address directly the massacre of Christians, Kurds, Druze, and Alawites in Syria, notably in the greater Suwayda area. These religious minorities face ongoing violence, death, displacement, starvation, and water and medical deprivation—all while innocent women and children are held hostage by ISIS terrorists.»
«Mr. President, we respectfully request that you secure President al-Sharaa’s commitment to opening a secure humanitarian corridor from Hader to Suwayda in southern Syria. This corridor will enable safe and secure aid delivery and civilian evacuation, signaling the new government’s commitment to minority rights and stability,» the letter stated.
SYRIA’S NEW PRESIDENT TAKES CENTER STAGE AT UNGA AS CONCERNS LINGER OVER TERRORIST PAST
President of Syria Ahmad Al-Sharaa speaks during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the United Nations headquarters on Sept. 24, 2025, in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Ahmad Sharawi of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies told Fox News Digital that Washington hopes to use the meeting to pursue stability and contain Iran’s influence.
«The U.S. interest is having a government that is willing to fight ISIS and stop Iran from re-emerging,» he said. «I think the U.S. will try to find a solution to the Kurdish issue in northeast Syria and build a unified country with no decentralization or federalism.»
He cautioned that al-Sharaa’s domestic record shows «a political system that is not inclusive» and a pattern of power centralization. Despite those concerns, he added, many Syrians see him as «the only figure capable of holding the country together.»
People welcome the leader of Syria’s Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group that headed a lightning rebel offensive snatching Damascus from government control, Ahmed al-Sharaa (C), before his address at the capital’s landmark Umayyad Mosque on Dec. 8, 2024. Al-Sharaa gave a speech as the crowd chanted «Allahu akbar (God is greatest),» in a video shared by the rebels on their Telegram channel showed. (Aref Tammawi /AFP via Getty Images)
In October, al-Sharaa traveled to Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin — a move Sharawi said highlights both pragmatism and risk.
«One would think that 11 months ago, when the Russians were air-striking Idlib and al-Sharaa’s forces, we wouldn’t see al-Sharaa meeting with Putin in Moscow,» Sharawi said. «But it’s a clear indicator of how al-Sharaa operates — focused on securing his interests but also being pragmatic.»
He added that the outreach signals to the West that «if you don’t give me what I want, I have other countries I can lean on,» and said it’s an effort to secure weapons and political backing after years of war and loss of equipment.
SYRIAN PRESIDENT’S HISTORIC UN SPEECH JOINED BY THOUSANDS RALLYING OUTSIDE FOR PEACE AND TRUMP’S SUPPORT
Ahmed al-Sharaa, once known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, is seen in Syria Feb. 7, 2023. Since becoming the country’s president, he has gone back to his given name. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)
«That’s why I asked CENTCOM’s Gen. Michael Kurilla during House Armed Services Committee hearings about these opportunities and risks — and wrote the NDAA section on assessing the feasibility of defense partnerships with the new Syrian government,» Hamadeh said. «We must ensure that ISIS and Iran never return and make sure the Russians and Chinese are kept at a distance.»
Syrian-American activist Hicham Alnchawati of the Syria Freedom Path organization told Fox News Digital that Syrians largely welcome the visit.
«They’re looking for a better future,» he said. «They suffered the war — there’s no water, no food, no economy, and no security. He knows his interest is with the U.S. He’s coming here to achieve mutual interests for both the U.S. and Syria.»
Alnchawati argued that lasting stability will require eliminating Iran’s and Hezbollah’s influence.
«If you really want stability in the Middle East, you have to finish the job with Hezbollah and the Iranians,» he said. «They have to be totally dismantled. Otherwise, they’ll reignite the conflict one more time.»
Secretary of State Marco Rubio shakes hands with Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel, on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (Bing Guan/Pool Photo via AP)
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The United Nations and U.S. sanctions decisions have sparked debate in Washington and Europe. Reuters and the Associated Press reported that some lawmakers and rights groups argue that legitimizing a former jihadist commander could undercut accountability for past abuses, while supporters say the relief offers Damascus an incentive to cooperate on counterterrorism and drug control.
Sharawi told Fox News Digital the policy to bid on al-Sharaa «gives Damascus a powerful incentive but leaves Washington exposed. The political cost of failure would be enormous.»
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Former Rep. Gohmert blasts Jack Smith for allegedly targeting his personal phone records in J6 probe
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EXCLUSIVE: Former Rep. Louie Gohmert blasted ex-Special Counsel Jack Smith for allegedly targeting his personal phone records as part of his investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots, telling Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview that his action «destroys the checks and balances that the founders counted on.»
Fox News Digital exclusively reported Thursday morning that Smith targeted then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s personal, private phone records, as well as Gohmert’s.
JACK SMITH SOUGHT THEN-HOUSE SPEAKER MCCARTHY’S PRIVATE PHONE RECORDS IN J6 PROBE, FBI DOCS REVEAL
Fox News Digital exclusively reviewed the document that FBI Director Kash Patel recently shared with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Sen. Ron Johnson containing the explosive revelations. Grassley and Johnson have been leading a joint investigation into Smith’s «Arctic Frost» probe.
Former Rep. Louie Gohmert blasted ex-Special Counsel Jack Smith for allegedly targeting his personal phone records. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
According to the document, Smith, on Jan. 24, 2023, allegedly sought the «toll records for the personal cell phones of U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (AT&T) and U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert (Verizon.)»
The information was included as part of a «significant case notification» drafted by the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division May 25, 2023.
«It is astounding that Jack ‘Frost’ Smith went on this persecution,» Gohmert told Fox News Digital Thursday. «Apparently, this guy has never read the Fourth Amendment because you have to describe with particularity what it is you’re going after — there should be probable cause, and they had no probable cause. They were going on a witch hunt.»
Smith had sought Gohmert’s personal cellphone records from November 2020 through the end of January 2021.
«They don’t have any regard for the Fourth Amendment,» he said. «It makes Watergate look like school yard folly.»
But Gohmert said it is the «principle.»
Then-Special Counsel Jack Smith’s case cost taxpayers more than $50 million. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
«It is the separation of powers that is the problem,» Gohmert explained. «People and whistleblowers contacted me regularly from within the DOJ and the FBI about overreach within the FBI and DOJ. By grabbing my records, they could stifle reporting of potential crimes by people within the agencies.»
JACK SMITH TRACKED PRIVATE COMMUNICATIONS, CALLS OF NEARLY A DOZEN GOP SENATORS DURING J6 PROBE, FBI SAYS
«You can’t just go seize members of Congress’ records even with a warrant because of that separation of powers,» Gohmert said. «There has to be a wall and that’s what troubles me more than anything.»
Gohmert told Fox News Digital that he didn’t remember who he spoke with during the time period Smith sought records, but said that «the last thing I want is for someone who trusted me to keep their name private to have some jack-booted thug like Jack ‘Frost’ Smith grab my records and find out who is tattle tailing on him.»
He added: «It violates and destroys the checks and balances that the founders counted on.»
Gohmert, though, told Fox News Digital that he trusts the current Justice Department and FBI leadership.
«I trust the DOJ and trust the people running the FBI,» he said. «We’ll see if there were any crimes committed and, if following the Constitution, they can be properly prosecuted.»
HAGERTY PRESSES VERIZON OVER FBI’S ACCESS TO HIS PHONE RECORDS DURING JACK SMITH PROBE
Meanwhile, McCarthy said he will take legal action against Smith.
Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said he will take legal action against Jack Smith. (Jose Luis Magana/The Associated Press)
«Jack Smith’s radical and deranged investigation was never about finding the truth,» McCarthy told Fox News Digital. «It was a blatant weaponizing of the Justice Department to attack political opponents of the Biden administration. Perhaps no action underscores this point more than the illegal attempt to access the phone records of sitting members of the House and Senate — including the Speaker of the House.»
«His illegal targeting demands real accountability,» McCarthy continued. «And I am confident Congress will hold hearings and access documents in its investigation into Jack Smith’s own abuses.»
HAGERTY PRESSES VERIZON OVER FBI’S ACCESS TO HIS PHONE RECORDS DURING JACK SMITH PROBE
«At the same time, I will ask my own counsel to pursue all areas of redress so this does not happen to anyone else,» McCarthy said.
The revelations come after Fox News Digital exclusively reported in October that Smith and his «Arctic Frost» team investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots were tracking the private communications and phone calls of nearly a dozen Republican senators as part of the probe, including Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, Dan Sullivan of Alaska, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama and GOP Rep. Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania.
An official told Fox News Digital that those records were collected in 2023 by Smith and his team after subpoenaing major telephone providers.
Smith has called his decision to subpoena and track Republican lawmakers’ phone records «entirely proper» and consistent with Justice Department policy.
«As described by various Senators, the toll data collection was narrowly tailored and limited to the four days from January 4, 2021 to January 7, 2021, with a focus on telephonic activity during the period immediately surrounding the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol,» Smith’s lawyers wrote in October to Grassley.
Grassley, R-Iowa, and Johnson, R-Wis., have been investigating the matter.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., have been investigating the matter. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
An FBI official told Fox News Digital that «Arctic Frost» is a «prohibited case,» and that the review required FBI officials to go «above and beyond in order to deliver on this promise of transparency.» The discovery is part of a broader ongoing review, Fox News Digital has learned.
Smith, after months of investigating, charged President Donald Trump in the U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., in his 2020 election case, but after Trump was elected president, Smith sought to dismiss the case. Judge Tanya Chutkan granted that request.
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Smith’s case cost taxpayers more than $50 million.
Smith did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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Qué leer esta semana: autorretrato de una niña violada por su padrastro, Viviana Rivero y la verdad sobre el cuidado del riñón
Sí, los libros nos acompañan bajo las frazadas en invierno y en la felicidad del aire libre o de una buena ventana cuando la temperatura empieza a subir. Los temas que tocan pueden ser reconfortantes como la primavera o de una dureza acorde con lo más polar del invierno. Esta semana tendremos un poco de todo.
Aquí hablaremos de Triste tigre, una verdadera historia de terror publicada por Anagrama y narrada con calidad literaria por Neige Sinno, la mujer que era una nena cuando su padrastro la violaba, entre los siete y los 14 años. Tambien de Secretos de sangre, donde la escritora argentina Viviana Rivero retoma personajes de su primer éxito para narrar historias cruzadas entre la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la Argentina contemporánea. Y, finalmente, de Por mis riñones que hoy como diez veces bien, donde el médico Borja Quiroga y el cocinero Miguel Cobo muestran cómo cuidar en serio los riñones, sin caer en mitos. Como agregado, un bonus track, gratis, de Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, que en estos días compite por el National Book Award, el gran premio literario de los Estados Unidos.
Todos los libros de los que aqui hablamos se consiguen en formato digital o audiolibro, para aprovechar comodidad y precio.
Muy triste, muy, muy triste lo que cuenta Neige Sinno. El tipo es un seductor, la gente lo quiere, incluso después de que confesó lo quieren, algo como “un buen tipo que violó a una nena”, ese tremendo oxímoron que la empatía puede generar. O, para decirlo, mejor: “Ese buen tipo que violaba a una nena”. Porque no fue una vez, fueron siete años. No fue en una calle oscura: fue en la casa donde él vivía como el marido de la madre de Neige y el padre de sus medio hermanos. No fue “un poquito” fue penetrando, poniéndole el miembro en la boca e incluso usando zanahorias y zapallitos cuando había que hacer lugar.
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Sinno, nacida en 1977, lo cuenta todo ahora, que es una mujer grande pero no deja espacio para creer que “ya pasó”. Aunque siguió su vida, estudió en Estados Unidos y vive en México, se casó y tiene una hija, no permite, en el texto, que nos vayamos tranquilos, con la ilusión de la víctima que superó todo y curó sus heridas. La herida estará para siempre, aunque sea en forma de cicatriz.
Otro aspecto notable es el análisis que hace de Lolita, la novela de Vladimir Nabokov publicada en 1955 que tanta controversia causó. Se trataba, justamente, de la relación entre un adulto y una chica de 12 años. ¿Relación?¿Romance? Sinno destruye cualquier interpretación en ese sentido y valora la manera en que el autor muestra la cabeza de “alguien que hace el mal de forma deliberada”.
Triste tigre es un plato fuerte, para paladares duros. Inolvidable.
Un médico argentino que reside en Nueva York encuentra una acusación de nazi pintada en la fachada de su casa y, tras el impacto, decide investigar el pasado de su abuelo, un diplomático alemán que se refugió en Mar Chiquita, Córdoba durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. La búsqueda lo lleva a la Argentina, donde el silencio que rodea la figura de Marthin Müller y el encuentro con Coralina Carreño, una joven madre con un secreto, abren nuevas incógnitas familiares.
Secretos de sangre
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La novela alterna entre la época de la guerra y el presente, situando parte de la trama en el Hotel Viena, donde Marthin Müller y su esposa Amalia vivieron una intensa historia de amor. En la actualidad, la relación entre Alex y Coralina se convierte en el eje para desentrañar secretos familiares largamente ocultos.
Viviana Rivero, autora de esta obra, nació en Córdoba, Argentina, y divide su residencia entre su ciudad natal y Madrid, España. Es abogada y antes de dedicarse a la literatura trabajó como asesora legal y dirigió grupos de autoliderazgo femenino. También fue productora y directora de televisión. Entre sus títulos más destacados figuran Secreto bien guardado, Mujer y maestra, Y ellos se fueron, La dama de noche y Los soles de Santiago. Sus libros, publicados en España y otros países de habla hispana y traducidos al italiano, han alcanzado una gran repercusión de público y crítica. Actualmente, Rivero es profesora en el máster de literatura de la Universidad Internacional de Valencia (VIU).
¿Será verdad que beber dos litros de agua cada día beneficia a tus riñones? La hormona EPO, responsable de oxigenar la sangre, se produce en los riñones. Allí también se origina la proteína klotho, relacionada con el envejecimiento y la longevidad. A pesar de su importancia, los riñones siguen siendo uno de los órganos más complejos y menos comprendidos del cuerpo.
Por mis riñones que hoy como diez veces bien
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En la décima edición de este libro, Miguel Cobo convoca a diez chefs con estrella Michelin en España. Cada uno comparte una receta diseñada para una alimentación equilibrada, demostrando que cuidar la salud renal y disfrutar de la gastronomía pueden ir de la mano. El doctor Borja Quiroga acompaña cada plato con recomendaciones médicas claras y útiles para proteger el bienestar sin renunciar al placer.
Este volumen pone en el centro a los riñones, mucho más que simples filtros de desechos. Su buen funcionamiento es clave para una vida larga y saludable. ¿Seguro de que tus riñones no te están dando señales de alerta?
Es bastante impactante que una escritora con una mirada tan profunda sobre América latina, la colonización, el derecho a la más radical de las diferencias y el impacto de la civilización sobre la naturaleza esté en la “lista corta” de uno de los grandes premios internacionales de literatura. Pero así es. Gabriela Cabezón Cámara está viajando a Nueva York donde el 19 de noviembre se hará el anuncio.
El onceavo dorado
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Mientras tanto, se puede leer, gratis, El onceavo dorado, un cuento que Cabezón Cámara publicó a través de Leamos, la editorial digital de Infobae.
Desde el barro de la villa hasta el piso once de un edificio lujoso, Ariel experimenta un ascenso marcado por la distancia de la pobreza, la violencia y el hambre. En ese entorno de privilegios, rodeado de cocaína pura, promesas de riqueza y compañía ocasional, planea escapar al extranjero.
La aparente seguridad de Ariel se ve amenazada por la traición, ya que su posición resulta ser la de un peón dentro de un sistema que manipula y destruye vidas con precisión implacable. La autora Gabriela Cabezón Cámara expone en su relato la brutalidad de un engranaje social que compra lealtades y sacrifica personas, mientras el lujo y el progreso encubren una inminente catástrofe.
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