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Trump’s embrace of Syria and its jihadist-turned-president could shake up the Middle East
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday had tea with a former jihadist who until recently had a $10 million US bounty on his ...
On Syria, Trump Defied Israel. A Bigger Middle East Shift Is Still Elusive.
Click here to subscribe.When President Donald Trump met with Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on ...
Former Biden officials offer rare praise for Trump's bold Middle East moves
Former Biden officials react to President Donald Trump's bold Middle East tour, with one admitting they wished they could ...
Trump, Syria & the Middle East: What the US President wants
An American President has met a previously sanctioned al-Qaeda terrorist, and the US is set to lift its 46-year-old sanctions ...
Trump Meets With Syria’s President After Announcing Plans to Lift U.S. Sanctions on Country
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 ...
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Trump’s Middle East tour has more substance than the White House let on
Firas Maksad, director of outreach at the Middle East Institute, told CNN’s Becky Anderson that the Syria move was a significant win for Trump on a trip dominated by economic concerns.
Trump Meets Former Militant Who Now Leads Syria
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 ...
‘Tremendous opportunity’: Trump sets new course for US-Syria relations
President Trump bucked critics in his administration and security hawks in Israel in his decision to lift sanctions on Syria ...