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The United States is preparing to establish a military presence at a Damascus airbase to help monitor a security pact between Syria and Israel, according to six sources including Western officials and a Syrian defense official.</span

The United States is preparing to establish a military presence at a Damascus airbase to help monitor a security pact between Syria and Israel, according to six sources including Western officials and a Syrian defense official.

The planned US presence would signal Syria's strategic realignment with America following the fall of Bashar al-Assad, who was an ally of Iran, and the rise of Ahmed al-Sharaa as the new Syrian president.</span

The planned US presence would signal Syria's strategic realignment with America following the fall of Bashar al-Assad, who was an ally of Iran, and the rise of Ahmed al-Sharaa as the new Syrian president.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa will meet with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, marking the first visit by a Syrian head of state to the White House in recent history.</span

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa will meet with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, marking the first visit by a Syrian head of state to the White House in recent history.

The Pentagon conducted reconnaissance missions over the past two months and concluded the Damascus airbase's runway was ready for immediate use, with US C-130 transport aircraft conducting test landings at the facility.</span

The Pentagon conducted reconnaissance missions over the past two months and concluded the Damascus airbase's runway was ready for immediate use, with US C-130 transport aircraft conducting test landings at the facility.

Technical discussions have focused on using the airbase for logistics, surveillance, refueling and humanitarian operations, while Syria would retain full sovereignty over the facility according to Syrian military sources.</span

Technical discussions have focused on using the airbase for logistics, surveillance, refueling and humanitarian operations, while Syria would retain full sovereignty over the facility according to Syrian military sources.

Washington is pressuring Syria to finalize the security agreement before year's end, with the deal expected to create a demilitarized zone in southern Syria as part of a non-aggression pact between the two nations.</span

Washington is pressuring Syria to finalize the security agreement before year's end, with the deal expected to create a demilitarized zone in southern Syria as part of a non-aggression pact between the two nations.

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