Ahmed al-Shara, Syria’s New Interim President, Travels to Saudi Arabia

Ahmed al-Shara, Syria’s interim president, visited Saudi Arabia for his first foreign trip, meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss strengthening relations and lifting international sanctions. The trip signals Syria’s shift away from Iran towards the Gulf, with Gulf states increasingly supporting al-Shara’s government and aiming to shape a post-Assad Syria under his leadership. Saudi Arabia, seeking to reassert influence in the region, has backed al-Shara’s government and called for the removal of sanctions imposed on Assad’s regime.

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