The meeting, the first between U.S. and Syrian leaders in 25 years, was hailed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as "historic."
U.S. President Donald Trump met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh on Tuesday ahead of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, a day after announcing the lifting of all U.S. sanctions on Damascus.
The meeting marked the first direct encounter between American and Syrian leaders in a quarter century.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined the 33-minute conversation via video call, alongside Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Turkish Anadolu news agency reported. Erdogan praised Trump’s sanctions decision as “historic,” highlighting it as a key Turkish foreign policy objective.