Trump’s meeting with Shara, who cannot be imagined only months ago, enhances the hopes of the Syrians

Donald Trump said that his administration is now exploring the possibility of normalizing relations with Syria-his comments shortly after the interim president in Syria, Ahmed Al-Shara, whose decades-long dictatorship forces ended from the Assad family.

The exceptional meeting, which could not be conceived only for months, was short but important.

“I think he got the capabilities,” Trump commented after his meeting in his head, 37 minutes, with the former Syrian fighter linked to al -Qaeda.

The US bonus of $ 10 million was raised only on its head in December.

Video footage of their conversation in the luxurious Saudi Royal Palace showed some initial embarrassment while talking through a translator.

The Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, sat next to them. Turkish President Recep Erdogan joined them over the phone.

Trump admitted that these two leaders, who also convinced him of lifting US sanctions on Syria’s sanctions.

His sudden announcement won on Tuesday night at a major investment forum in the United States in his head. It was a voltage, after many of its previous social media participation, that the United States “had no interest in Syria.”

“The cruel man, a very strong past,” is how Trump Shara later described the journalists traveling with his high American delegation in his first official tour for four days.

Trump’s shine was very about the old SARE’s bonds to the base. His Islamic group, Tarr al -Sham (HTS), affiliated with a base in Syria until he cut ties in 2016. HTS is still appointed as a terrorist organization by the United Nations, the United States and the United Kingdom.

Since he took power in December, Shara has been wearing Western business suits and was trying to present himself as head of all Syrians.

“It is a new light at the end of this tunnel,” Hind Kabouat, Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, chanted in the interim government.

She told the NEWSHOR program in the BBC that they were calling for the relief of sanctions since “Liberation Day”.

The US decision sparked celebrations throughout a province, as it is said that 90 % of Syrians live in poverty, after more than a decade of civil war and deep suffering.

The removal of the restrictions that cut Syria from the international financial system will enable increased participation by relief agencies and foreign investment and trade.

“We, North Korea, to the Middle East,” told me a receptionist at the hotel in Damascus last December when I asked for another electronic hotel key.

He expressed his regret for tears, “We have no enough cards, we have a shortage of everything.”

This may also help persuade some millions of Syrians who live in exile to think more seriously about returning home. It can help an emerging government to pay salaries, start rebuilding, and address increased discontent with depriving daily life.

But dismantling the wide network of sanctions that suffocate Syria now will take time.

“Some penalties can be removed immediately using presidential concessions,” Dina Escavaris from Bloomberg Economic.

“But the lifting of multi -layer sanctions will not be easy and will require a real commitment by the Trump administration.”

I remember traveling to Tehran in the wake of the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal and the Obama administration’s commitment to alleviate the sanctions there.

At the press conference with the high representative of the European Union, visiting foreign policy, Iranian journalists were asking, with clear generosity, why it was impossible for them to open a bank account.

The new friends of Syria, including regional powers such as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Turkey, who are now putting themselves to form the new Syria, will need to ensure that Trump and his team remain interested.

But he made it clear that he expects something in return if there is a complete normalization of relationships. The first element in its list is “Join Abraham Accords”.

The American president considers this normalization process with Israel, which many Arab countries have joined, including the United Arab Emirates, as one of his achievements in his foreign policy in his first term.

Shay, whose friends praised as pragmatic, have already indicated that he is aware of the importance of building a working relationship with his neighbor, although Israel continues to bomb what “terrorist targets” – air bases, military establishments and arms warehouses – insist that “in the wrong hands”.

Last month, the Syrian leader told a visiting member of the US Congress, Korea Mills, that Syria was ready to normalize relations with Israel and join Ibrahim’s agreements in light of the “appropriate conditions.”

Israeli media reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged President Trump not to lift the sanctions. He still suspects in Shara and his HTS forces, as well as other groups that include foreign fighters in their ranks.

The removal of foreign fighters is the last demand of Washington; It is one of the many challenges facing the leader of Syria.

President Trump praised this moment as a “opportunity for greatness”. We welcome millions of Syrians with a greater opportunity because their lives will finally begin to change for the better.