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President Trump’s conversation with President Ahmed al-Shara, who once led a branch of Al Qaeda, was the first time in 25 years that the leaders of the United States and Syria had met.
The announcement is a boon for the new government as it looks to rebuild an economy wrecked by a decade of civil war.
U.S. President Donald Trump met with Syria’s president Ahmed al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday and urged him to normalise ties with longtime foe Israel, after a surprise Washington’s announcement that it would lift all sanctions on Damascus.
This blog has now closed. You can read more of our US politics coverage hereThe meeting between Donald Trump and Syria’s president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, in Saudi Arabia was the culmination of months of diplomacy by the Syrians, as well as their Turkish and…
US president meets Ahmed al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia as lifting of sanctions is met with jubilation in DamascusUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has met Syria’s president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in Saudi Arabia, telling the former jihadist he had a…
President Trump told a business forum in Saudi Arabia that he would lift sanctions on Syria. The announcement came a day before an expected meeting with Syria’s new president, who led the rebel alliance that ousted Bashar al-Assad.
White House touts deal made on first stop of US president’s four-day diplomatic tour to Gulf statesUS politics live – latest updatesThe United States and Saudi Arabia have signed a $142bn arms deal touted by the White House as the “largest defence sal…
US President Donald Trump has stated that he will move to normalize relations with and lift sanctions on Syria’s new government to give the country “a chance at peace.”
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa will not attend the Arab League Summit in Baghdad this weekend, Syrian state media reported on Monday, after Iraq’s invitation spurred controversy over the rebel-turned-leader’s potential return to a country where he f…
Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has reportedly offered to build a Trump Tower in Damascus, establish peace with Israel, and grant the US access to Syria’s oil and gas, as part of his bid to secure sanctions relief from Washington, Reuters has …