During the second day of Trump's Middle East trip, he announced a major deal between Boeing and Qatar Airways and signed an agreement with Qatar; he also met with Syria's interim president.

Sitting next to the Emir of Qatar, Trump announces a raft of agreements, including a $200bn Qatari order for Boeing planes.

President Donald Trump is urging Qatar to use its influence over Iran to persuade the country’s leadership to reach an agreement with the U.S. over its rapidly advancing nuclear program.

P resident Donald Trump announced on Tuesday, May 13, that he plans to end the U.S. sanctions imposed on Syria, which have been in place for over 45 years. Announcing the news on the first day of his Middle East tour, during the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum, Trump said he would be lifting sanctions “in order to give them [Syria] greatness.”

In a statement published on Tuesday evening on its official account on (X) platform, the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared, “The State of Qatar welcomes the friendly United States President’s intent to lift sanctions on the brotherly Syrian Arab Republic and considers it a step toward supporting stability in Syria.”

The remains of 30 people believed to have been killed by the militant Islamic State group have been found in a remote Syrian town in a search led by Qatari search teams along with the FBI.

President Donald Trump said Monday the tariffs against China would "go up substantially higher" than 145% if a longer-term trade deal is not reached before 90 days.

Assad's authoritarian regime fell last year after rebels led by the former Al Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir Al Sham took control of Damascus.