Trump, casting himself as peacemaker, to lift Syria sanctions

On a state visit to Saudi Arabia primarily aimed at securing billions of dollars of investment, the billionaire president took aim both at the US left and right who he said had intervened in the region in the guise of "nation builders" but "wrecked far more nations than they built". Trump renewed his offer for a better US relationship with longtime nemesis Iran, although he warned the nation's rulers of consequences if ongoing talks with his administration failed. In his most significant announcement...