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Syria’s Sharaa meets Trump on sidelines of UN summit

By Reuters 25 September 2025, 2:01 am
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Syrian state news agency SANA says.

SANA releases two photographs showing Sharaa shaking hands with Trump, with First Lady Melania Trump also present. The agency provides no further details.

This was the second meeting between the two leaders, following their talks in the Saudi capital of Riyadh in May.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly been angling for a three-way parley between himself, Trump and Sharaa on the sidelines of the summit.

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