14.05.2025 - 15:37 [ CBS News ]

Trump meets with Syria‘s new leader, a former Islamist militant, after announcing sanctions to be lifted

In a readout on the two leaders‘ meeting in Saudi Arabia, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Mr. Trump had told the Syrian leader that „he has a tremendous opportunity to do something historic in his country,“ and urged him to join Saudi Arabia in signing onto the U.S.-backed Abraham Accords, to normalize ties with Israel.