President Trump Meets with Former Terrorist Leader and Syrian President Al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia – Lifts Sanctions Against Syria

Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa desperately sought a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump while he was traveling this week in the Middle East to ease sanctions and improve relations.

Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, now refers to himself by his birth name as Ahmed al-Sharaa (Muhammad al-Jawlani). He was the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a Syrian militant group that evolved from the al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra.

Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Jolani and HTS took control Syria...