US EditionPresident Donald Trump meets Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the first meeting between nations' leaders in 25 years
- On May 14, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump held a historic meeting with Syria’s acting President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Riyadh, marking the first time in 25 years that the leaders of the two countries have come together.
- The meeting followed Trump's announcement to lift U.S. Sanctions on Syria, despite Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s opposition and Syria’s decades-long isolation.
- During the closed-door meeting, Trump urged al-Sharaa to recognize Israel, expel foreign terrorists, prevent ISIS resurgence, and assume control of detention centers.
- Trump announced that he is lifting sanctions on Syria to provide the country with a new beginning, a decision that was met with enthusiastic celebrations, including cheers and fireworks, in Damascus's largest public square.
- This engagement signals a major shift in U.S.-Syria relations, offering Syria a chance for stability and reconstruction amid ongoing regional tensions and Israeli concerns over al-Sharaa’s past.
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Meeting with President al-Sharaa - Trump calls on Syria to normalize relations with Israel
US President Trump has called on Syrian transitional President al-Sharaa to sign the so-called Abraham Agreement on the Normalization of Relations with Israel, which the White House announced after a meeting of Trump and al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia.
Trump gives a crucial boost to the turbulent transition that Syria is going through after the fall of Al-Assad
BARCELONA.- In a surprising turn of US foreign policy towards Syria, based on promoting its isolation for more than two decades, Donald Trump met on Wednesday in Riyadh with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa. In the meeting, which lasted half an hour, the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed ben Salman, as well as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, participated as host and intermediary, as well as the Turkish President, Recep Tayip Erdogan, by teleph…
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