The president also said he had discussed Syria with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman.He had also spoken with Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Trump said he would “order the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to give them a chance.

President Donald Trump is heading to Saudi Arabia, the first leg of his three-nation visit to the Middle East this week meant to tackle multiple crises and conflicts across the region

President Donald Trump‘s first foreign trip of his second term is underway. The president is visiting Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. But Trump will not be visiting Israel. The exclusion of America’s historic Middle Eastern ally from Trump’s itinerary is a marked example of Trump’s declining sympathy for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s

Mr. Trump has few meetings directly about pressing geopolitical challenges. Instead, he’s in the Persian Gulf to make deals.

A series of side deals by the U.S. administration is raising questions about how closely in sync the allies are over major challenges in the region.