He's a former al-Qaeda member, but on Wednesday, new Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa stood on the world stage with President ...

Sharaa has transformed himself from al Qaeda militant to Syrian president in a dramatic political rise capped on Wednesday by ...

Following President Donald Trump’s call for Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to join the Abraham Accords, multiple contacts ...

US President Donald Trump's historic meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on May 14 ...

Driving the news: On Tuesday in a speech at an economic conference in Riyadh, Trump shocked the world when he announced he'd ...

The developments come five months after a rebel offensive led by Ahmad al-Sharaa, now Syria’s interim president, ousted Bashar al-Assad following more than 13 years of brutal war.

Gulf states are keen to invest in Syria, which has important mineral and oil reserves, but had been prevented from doing so by U.S. sanctions. President Trump has now pledged to lift the restrictions.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa will not attend the Arab League Summit in Baghdad this weekend, Syrian state media said on ...

After over a decade of war and isolation, Syria enters a new era. US President Donald Trump lifts sanctions and meets ...

Despite his Islamist background, al-Sharaa has shown more pragmatic than ideological since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.

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US President Donald Trump met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh on Wednesday, a US government representative ...