President Trump met Wednesday in Saudi Arabia with Syria's interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, highlighting the stunning reversal in fortunes for a former Islamist militant with ties to al Qaeda who spent years with a U.

U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will lift long-standing sanctions on Syria that severed the country from the global financial system under toppled former President Bashar al-Assad.

Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday praised Donald Trump's decision to lift US sanctions on Damascus, calling it a 'historic and courageous' step during a landmark meeting between the two leaders in Riyadh.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday had tea with a former jihadist who until this year had a $10 million US bounty on his head.

President Trump will meet with interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Wednesday — despite the former al Qaeda leader having a $10 million American bounty on his head until recently. “The President agreed to say hello to the Syrian President while in Saudi Arabia tomorrow,