Trump says he'll drop sanctions on Syria in move to normalize relations

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday the United States will drop sanctions against Syria and said he will meet with the nation’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, this week. 

"I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to give them a chance at greatness," Trump said in a speech in Saudi Arabia, his first stop on the first international tour of his second term in office. 

"In Syria, which has seen so much misery and death, there is a new government that we...