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After call with Sharaa, Trump says Syria is ‘working out very well’

By Jacob Magid 27 January 2026, 7:48 pm
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This handout photograph released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on November 10, 2025, shows US President Donald Trump (L) shaking hands with Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House in Washington DC. (Handout / SANA / AFP)
This handout photograph released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on November 10, 2025, shows US President Donald Trump (L) shaking hands with Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House in Washington DC. (Handout / SANA / AFP)

US President Donald Trump says he just got off the phone with the “highly-respected” Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Trump says the situation there is “working out very well, so we’re very happy about it,” apparently referencing Sharaa’s efforts to take control over Syrian territory previously controlled by Kurdish forces.

Asked about Gaza, Trump says it’s also going “very well,” recalling yesterday’s retrieval of the body of the last Israeli hostage in the Strip, Ran Gvili.

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