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Syria's leader: From a $10M bounty on his head to a White House guest

Less than a year after his lightning power grab, Syria’s president Ahmed Al-Sharaa is capping his transformation from jihadist to global statesman in a historic visit to the White House that says as much about the young leader as it does his push for his country’s diplomatic reinvention. CNN's Paula Hancocks reports.

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