Syrian leader Ahmed al -Sara is expected to meet tomorrow Wednesday (14.05.2025) at Saudi ArabiaUS President, Donald Trump.
Axios journalist Barack Ravid, citing a source that is aware of the details of this meeting today said (12.05.2025) that Donald Trump will meet Syrian presidentin the context of visit performed in Saudi Arabia.
A White House official confirmed that US president agreed to “say hello” to Ahmed al -Sarah that will be in the country tomorrow.
In his speech at the US and Saudi investment forum in Riyadh, the US president is expected to say that “We all have to hope that the new Syrian government will be able to stabilize the countryยป.
There are no details on the form of this meeting for the time being, which will however mark a 180 -degree turn for Sarah, the former rebel who rose to power last year as head of Hayat Tahrir al -Sam, an organization that was in the past associated with Al Kaida and He had been described as “terrorist” by Washington.
OR Saudi Arabia, the Qatar and the Turkey, supporters of the new Syrian government, were pushing for a meeting between Trump and Sarahreported at least four sources at the Reuters agency.
THE Sarah has secured the support of rich Gulf and Turkey countriesbut for the time being, there has been no significant progress with the West in loosening international sanctions against Damascus.