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Trump to meet interim Syrian president as Damascus celebrates lifting of sanctions
The economic importance of the Middle East to Trump is highlighted by the fact that the visit to Saudi Arabia was due to be the first overseas trip of his second term in the White House. That was before the death of Pope Francis necessitated Trump attending his funeral in Rome towards the end of April.
Al-Sharaa is the first Syrian leader to meet an American president since Hafez Assad met Bill Clinton in Geneva in 2000.
Trump has reportedly agreed to “say hello” to Sharaa, the rebel leader who led an armed uprising in 2024 to topple Bashar ...
In December, a consortium of rebel factions led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham unexpectedly toppled the dictator Bashar al ...
Trump was set to meet Wednesday in Saudi Arabia with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the onetime insurgent who last year ...
A short statement released by the office of President Ahmad al-Sharaa did not give a reason why he will not attend the summit ...
Ahmad al-Sharaa has ties to al Qaida and joined insurgents battling US forces in Iraq before entering the Syrian war.
Israel has used attacks on religious minority by forces loyal to Syria's new government to justify strikes across the border ...
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