The White House is preparing to deploy the U.S. military to an airbase in the Syrian capital of Damascus to help shore up a potential security pact between Syria and Israel that U.S. President Donald Trump is currently brokering, Reuters reported, citing six unnamed Western and Syrian sources familiar with the matter.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has arrived in the United States for an official visit, according to state media, during which Washington hopes to enlist Damascus in its global coalition against ISIL, or ISIS.