Trump Meets With Syria's Former-Insurgent-Turned-Leader In Saudi Arabia
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The meeting marks the first such encounter between the two nations' leaders in 25 years.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump met Wednesday with Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the first such encounter between the two nations’ leaders in 25 years.
The meeting, on the sidelines of Trump get-together with the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council, marks a major turn of events for a Syria still adjusting to life after the over 50-year, iron-gripped rule of the Assad family.
People across Syria cheered in the streets and shot off fireworks on Tuesday night to celebrate, hopeful their nation locked out of credit cards and global finance might rejoin the world’s economy when they need investment the most.
It’s also remarkable given al-Sharaa, under the nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Golani, had ties to al-Qaida and joined insurgents battling U.S. forces in Iraq before entering the Syrian war. He was even imprisoned by U.S. troops in Iraq for several years.
The meeting is all the more notable because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had asked Trump not to lift sanctions on Syria. The request came during Netanyahu’s visit to Washington last month, according to an Israeli official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the subject.
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