Syria, Trump and Israel
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Trump says we might normalize relations with Syria: Last year, Bashar al-Assad's regime collapsed. Now, President Donald Trump is in the Middle East, exploring normalizing relations with the new government of Syria and promising to lift sanctions.
Gulf states are keen to invest in Syria, which has important mineral and oil reserves, but had been prevented from doing so by U.S. sanctions. President Trump has now pledged to lift the restrictions.
Israeli officials have put a brave face on U.S. President Donald Trump bypassing them on a Middle East trip this week, but his decision to do so is the latest to sow doubt in Israel about where it stands in Washington's priorities.
Edan Alexander, the last known living American hostage in Hamas captivity, was released after a surprise announcement by the militant group. CNN’s Jerusalem Bureau Chief Oren Liebermann breaks down what we can glean about US-Israel relations as a result.
Netanyahu has long trumpeted his ties to Trump. But the president is sidelining him on urgent issues like the Iran nuclear talks and the conflict with Houthi rebels.
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The United States is no longer demanding Saudi Arabia normalise ties with Israel as a condition for progress on civil nuclear cooperation talks, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters ahead of U.
Fareed discusses the state of US-Israel relations under President Donald Trump’s second term with Amos Hochstein, former Middle East envoy in the Biden administration, and veteran foreign correspondent Kim Ghattas.