U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will lift long-standing sanctions on Syria that severed the country from the global financial system under toppled former President Bashar al-Assad.

Sharaa, becoming the first US president in 25 years to meet a Syrian leader. The meeting marked a historic thaw in US-Syria relations, as Trump earlier announced the lifting of crippling sanctions imposed during the erstwhile Assad regime.

President Trump will meet with interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Wednesday — despite the former al Qaeda leader having a $10 million American bounty on his head until recently. “The President agreed to say hello to the Syrian President while in Saudi Arabia tomorrow,