US EditionPresident Donald Trump meets Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the first meeting between nations' leaders in 25 years
- On May 14, 2025, in Riyadh, U.S. President Donald Trump held a historic meeting with Syria’s interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, marking the first direct dialogue between the heads of state from the two countries in a quarter of a century.
- The meeting followed Trump’s recent decision to lift US sanctions on Syria, motivated by regional diplomacy efforts and urged by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkish President Erdogan.
- During the closed-door 30-minute meeting, Trump urged al-Sharaa to normalize relations with Israel, expel foreign militants, and assume control of ISIS detention camps previously held by Kurdish forces.
- Trump described the meeting as “great” and praised al-Sharaa as a “young, attractive guy” with a strong past, noting Erdogan and Mohammed bin Salman played key roles in enabling the encounter.
- The meeting signals a major shift in US-Syria relations, raising Israeli concerns due to al-Sharaa’s militant background while offering Syria a chance to reintegrate economically and politically in the region.
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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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