U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Tuesday during a press briefing.
Since taking power from Bashar al-Assad last December, al-Sharaa has undertaken several foreign visits as his transitional government works to restore Syria’s relationships with global powers that had distanced themselves from Damascus during Assad's rule.
Trump has aimed to foster positive relations with al-Sharaa. In June, he lifted most U.S. sanctions on Syria, and the president met with the Syrian leader during a visit to Saudi Arabia last May.
"When the president was in the Middle East, he made the historic decision to lift sanctions on Syria to give them a genuine opportunity for peace, and I believe the administration has seen good progress on that front under their new leadership," Leavitt said.
Iran is setting conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, including an end to the war, the lifting of the U.S. blockade and sanctions. At the ...
Ukraine has stepped up its campaign of long-range drone strikes against Russia's energy infrastructure, tar...
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has ruled out holding a referendum on Irish unification, saying such a vote...
Rescuers in Nepal used helicopters on Thursday to scour for hundreds still missing after a wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Himalayan border with China's Tibet, sending catastrophic floods through towns and valleys, killing 162 people.
Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has dismissed media reports that CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Moscow earlier this week to warn Russia against attacking NATO, dismissing them as "scare stories," which had nothing to do with reality.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told allied foreign ministers Washington will focus on sanctions and other pressure on Iran “for the time being”, Axios reports. Meanwhile, Iran and Oman have resumed talks on a temporary shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for greater economic cooperation among Muslim countries, saying their combined economic weight remains disproportionately small compared with their population, strategic location and resources.
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 10 prisoners of war each in Belarus, Moscow's Human Rights Commissioner, Yana Lantratova, has said.
Ukraine has stepped up its campaign of long-range drone strikes against Russia's energy infrastructure, targeting some of the country's largest oil refineries and processing facilities in what Kyiv says is an effort to reduce the revenues that help fund Moscow's military operations.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has ruled out holding a referendum on Irish unification, saying such a vote is "off the table" as he seeks to focus on economic and public service challenges facing Northern Ireland.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has begun administering Ebola vaccines to frontline workers as authorities race to contain the country's largest and deadliest outbreak of the virus.
Libya and the United States have held fresh talks on defence cooperation, with senior military officials discussing plans to strengthen training programmes, enhance security capabilities and deepen coordination ahead of a major multinational military exercise.
Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has dismissed media reports that CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Moscow earlier this week to warn Russia against attacking NATO, dismissing them as "scare stories," which had nothing to do with reality.
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