Overview
- The interim president arrived in Washington over the weekend and is scheduled to meet President Trump at the White House on Monday.
- U.S. envoy Tom Barrack says Damascus is expected to sign an agreement to join the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition during the trip.
- Diplomatic sources report the United States plans a military base near Damascus to coordinate aid and track Syria–Israel developments.
- Syria’s Interior Ministry says security forces conducted 61 raids and made 71 arrests in a campaign targeting ISIS sleeper cells.
- Al-Chareh met IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva as Syria seeks reconstruction financing that the World Bank estimates could exceed $216 billion.