Trump says US working with Israel to get along with Syria

US President Donald Trump tells reporters, “You can expect some announcements on Syria,” following his Monday White House meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Trump doesn’t elaborate on the content of those pending announcements in response to a question about a potential deal between Israel and Syria.

“We want to see Syria become a country that’s very successful, and I think this leader (Sharaa) can do it. People said he’s had a rough past. We’ve all had rough pasts, but… if you didn’t have a rough past, you wouldn’t have a chance,” Trump tells reporters in the Oval Office, referring to Sharaa’s previous position as the head of an Islamist rebel group affiliated with Al-Qaeda.

Trump notes that Sharaa gets along “gets along very well” with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is “a great leader.”

“We’re working also with Israel on getting along with Syria, getting along with everybody, and that’s working amazingly,” Trump says.

He then points out that Hamas has returned “numerous bodies” of deceased hostages in recent days.

“They worked very hard to do that. So we have peace in the Middle East,” Trump says.