Trump, Syria and Saudi Arabia
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By Gram Slattery, Pesha Magid, Nafisa Eltahir and Timour Azhari RIYADH/DAMASCUS (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would order the lifting of sanctions on Syria at the behest of Saudi Arabia's crown prince,
President Donald Trump met with Syria's interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, marking the first high-level meeting between U.S. and Syrian heads of state in a quarter-century. The closed-door session came on the sidelines of Trump's summit with Gulf leaders and could signal a dramatic shift in American policy toward Syria.