Talk to Israel, fight ISIS: What Al Shara and Trump could agree in White House visit

Experts in Syria predict a security deal with Israel and a joint fight against ISIS could move a step closer when Mr Al Shara is received by US President Donald Trump. Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani, who said the visit will take place in early November, said the visit was "certainly historic". The trip, the first by a modern Syrian leader to Washington, is aimed at bringing Syria into the US-led ISIS coalition, other American officials said. Mr Al Shara turned against ISIS during the middle stages of his career as an insurgent, which ended when he led Hayat Tahrir Al Sham on an 11-day offensive that toppled the Bashar Al Assad regime in December (Read more at The National).