US EditionPresident Donald Trump meets Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the first meeting between nations' leaders in 25 years
- On Wednesday in Saudi Arabia, President Donald Trump held a meeting with Syria's acting leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, marking the first direct engagement between the top officials of the two countries in a quarter-century.
- This meeting occurred after President Trump announced plans to remove the U.S. Penalties that had been placed on Syria during Bashar al-Assad's rule, a decision influenced by appeals from leaders in Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
- During the half-hour private talks, Trump urged al-Sharaa to join the Abraham Accords, deport militants, and assume control of Islamic State detention centers.
- Trump praised the meeting as "great" and announced that he is halting sanctions on Syria to allow the country to begin anew, while Syria's government described the occasion as a historic milestone.
- The event suggests a significant shift in U.S.-Syria relations, potentially reopening Syria's global economic ties despite Israeli skepticism and ongoing regional tensions.
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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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