Trump ends all U.S. sanctions on Syria to give ravaged country a 'chance at greatness'

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday nighttime that helium would beryllium removing each sanctions from Syria.

'I volition beryllium ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria successful bid to springiness them a accidental astatine greatness,' Trump told a assemblage gathered successful Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Trump landed successful Riyadh, the Saudi capital, Tuesday greeting to commencement his three-country, 3 and a fractional time circuit of the Middle East. 

He credited Saudi Arabia's de facto person erstwhile making the announcement astatine the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum. 

'Oh, what I bash for the crown prince,' Trump said, referencing Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud who had pressed the U.S. president connected the sanctions issue. 

'MBS' was seated adjacent successful the audience.  

Earlier, aft Daily Mail posed a question to Trump astir whether he'd conscionable with Syria's caller President Ahmed al-Sharaa portion visiting Saudi Arabia, the White House confirmed that the 2 leaders would 'say hello' Wednesday.

Ahead of the visit, al-Sharaa had floated gathering a Trump Tower Damascus and allowing the U.S. to person immoderate of Syria's lipid successful speech for sanctions relief. 

He besides said that Syria would backmost a detente with Israel, Reuters reported. 

The sanctions were successful spot connected the brutal Assad regime, which fell successful December. 

The Saudis, and besides Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had some pressed Trump connected the sanctions issue, the president said onstage Tuesday evening. 

'Now is their clip to shine,' the president said of Syria, present being led by a erstwhile revel leader. 

He received a lasting ovation from the assemblage with the sanctions announcement. 

Additionally Trump announced that Secretary of State Marco Rubio would beryllium gathering with his Syrian counterpart this week successful Turkey. 

Also heading to Turkey - but for the Russia-Ukraine bid talks - are Rubio and special envoys Steve Witkoff and Keith Kellogg, a White House authoritative said Tuesday night. 

The caller Syrian president, al-Sharaa, was calved successful Riyadh to a Syrian Sunni Muslim earlier increasing up in Damascus. 

During the 2003 penetration of Iraq, helium near Syria and joined al-Qaeda successful Iraq. 

He remains connected a U.S.-designated panic database implicit his al-Qaeda past. 

In much caller years al-Sharaa renounced jihadism against occidental nations similar the U.S. 

al-Sharaa was a rebel commandant during the Syrian civilian warfare and became the country's de facto ruler successful December aft the autumn of Assad. 

He started serving arsenic the country's president successful January.