Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 14, 2025 (AFP) - Trump to meet new Syrian leader after offering sanctions relief

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2025-05-14

Donald Trump was set to become the first US president in 25 years to meet a Syrian leader on Wednesday after he offered sanctions relief in hopes of offering a new path to the war-battered country. Trump, in Riyadh on the first state visit of his second term, will meet with Ahmed al-Sharaa, an erstwhile Islamist guerrilla turned interim president following the overthrow in December of strongman Bashar al-Assad. No US president has met a Syrian le......

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