On Syria, Trump Defied Israel. A Bigger Middle East Shift Is Still Elusive.
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When President Donald Trump met with Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the encounter went beyond the “hello” the White House had told reporters to expect.
Trump and Sharaa spoke behind closed doors for more than 30 minutes in a discussion that included Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who was hosting Trump at the time, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Afterward, the crown prince, Trump and Sharaa posed for pictures that gave the meeting a sense of history and legitimacy, smiling broadly together. It was a striking image, given that no American president had met a Syrian leader in 25 years, and even more so because Sharaa, a former Al Qaeda militant, is still designated as a terrorist by the U.S. government.
The meeting represented the most dramatic moment so far in Trump’s ongoing visit to the Middle East, which took him to Qatar later on Wednesday and will conclude in the United Arab Emirates.
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