'Show us something special,' Trump says to Syria as he agrees to lift raft of sanctions
Gulf leaders have rallied behind the new government in Damascus and want Trump to follow, believing it is a bulwark against Iran's return to influence in Syria, where it had helped prop up the al-Assad regime during a decade-long civil war.
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Gulf leaders have rallied behind the new government in Damascus and want Trump to follow, believing it is a bulwark against Iran's return to influence in Syria, where it had helped prop up the al-Assad regime during a decade-long civil war.
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/05/13/show-us-something-special-trump-says-to-syria-as-he-agrees-to-lift-raft-of-sanctions
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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump has said that he will move to normalize relations with Syria's new government and lift sanctions.
00:09He said the effort at rapprochement came at the urging of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi de facto ruler, who he was meeting in Riyadh.
00:18Oh, what I do for the Crown Prince. The sanctions were brutal and crippling and served as an important, really an important function, nevertheless, at the time.
00:32But now it's their time to shine. It's their time to shine. We're taking them all off and they're going to have, I think they're going to have haste in the people and the spirit and everything else that I'm hearing about.
00:43But if I say good luck, Syria, show us something very special, like they've done, frankly, in Saudi Arabia, OK, they're going to show us something special.
00:53The comments marked a striking change in tone from Trump, who had until now been deeply skeptical of Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara.
01:01Trump was set to meet al-Shara in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, which would be the first Syrian leader to meet an American president since the late Hafez Assad met Bill Clinton in Geneva in 2000.