The meeting came after Trump—who is in the middle of a three-country tour of the Middle East—delivered a speech on Tuesday in which he announced his plan to lift U.S. sanctions on Syria in support of "a new government that will hopefully succeed in stabilizing the country and keeping peace.”

U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will lift long-standing sanctions on Syria that severed the country from the global financial system under toppled former President Bashar al-Assad.

President Trump bucked critics in his administration and security hawks in Israel in his decision to lift sanctions on Syria and embrace its new leader, a U.S.-designated terrorist who formerly

Former Biden officials react to President Donald Trump's bold Middle East tour, with one admitting they wished they could work for an administration that moved "that quickly."

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.

Abdulkader Husrieh discusses how sanctions relief could impact Syria’s reintegration into the global financial system.

US President Donald Trump, during his West Asia visit, met Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa and called him a "young, attractive, tough guy" , Middle East News - Times Now

Five months after its liberation from the police state of Bashar al-Assad, Syria sometimes looks like a country in civil war. Sectarian clashes have turned into street battles with rockets and mortars.