Ahmed al-Sharaa, earlier known as Abu Mohammed al Joulani, had been imprisoned at Abu Ghraib as a member of the Iraqi ISIS faction. Trump describes the new Syrian leader as: ‘Young, attractive guy, tough guy.’
In a historic first meeting, the president calls on Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa to normalize ties with Israel and help to prevent the rise of ISIS.
The president denounces Tehran’s support for the Houthis, Hezbollah, and Hamas, and says it’s his ‘fervent hope, wish, and even my dream’ that Saudi Arabia ‘will soon be joining the Abraham Accords.’
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