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Trump’s embrace of Syria and its jihadist-turned-president could shake up the Middle East
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday had tea with a former jihadist who until recently had a $10 million US bounty on his ...
On Syria, Trump Defied Israel. A Bigger Middle East Shift Is Still Elusive.
The president's decision on sanctions does not mean he's chosen to side with self-described "restraint" advocates over ...
Trump Meets With Syria’s President After Announcing Plans to Lift U.S. Sanctions on Country
The meeting came after Trump—who is in the middle of a three-country tour of the Middle East—delivered a speech on Tuesday in ...
Watching Trump from afar, Israel fears being left out of a new Middle East it helped create
For decades, Israel has leveraged its special relationship with the United States to serve as a gatekeeper to Washington.
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Trump’s Middle East tour has more substance than the White House let on
Firas Maksad, director of outreach at the Middle East Institute, told CNN’s Becky Anderson that the Syria move was a significant win for Trump on a trip dominated by economic concerns.
From al-Qaeda to Syria's presidency, the rise of Ahmad al-Sharaa
He's a former al-Qaeda member, but on Wednesday, new Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa stood on the world stage with President ...
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Syria-Israel talks reportedly intensify as Trump asks Sharaa to normalize: What to know
Following President Donald Trump’s call for Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to join the Abraham Accords, multiple contacts ...
Sectarian violence on Syria’s coast undermines new government
It would take four full days for the government to restore a semblance of order on the coast. In the meantime, the death toll ...