Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh on trip that highlights reset of regional alliances after end of Iran-backed Assad regime
Syria’s transitional president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, met the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, in Riyadh on Sunday in his first foreign trip as Syrian leader, in a sign of the major shifts under way in regional alliances.
Sharaa assumed power as transitional president last week, after leading a rebel campaign that ousted the longtime Iran-backed leader Bashar al-Assad, whose ties with the rest of the Arab world were strained throughout the nearly 14-year Syrian war.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/02/syrian-leader-lands-in-saudi-arabia-for-first-foreign-visit-since-toppling-assad
Author : Reuters in Cairo
Publish date : 2025-02-02 18:03:00
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