
Trump meets with Syrian leader in Saudi Arabia
The leader of Syria’s Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group that headed a lightning rebel offensive snatching Damascus from government control, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, addresses a crowd at the capital’s landmark Umayyad Mosque on December 8, 2024. Abdulaziz Ketaz | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump met with Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in…