Trump asks Syria to join Abraham Accords, normalize ties with Israel in return for sanctions relief

President Donald Trump petitioned Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to fully normalize relations with Israel in exchange for sanctions relief In a readout of the pivotal Wednesday meeting for Syria Trump encouraged al-Sharaa to sign onto the Abraham Accords with Israel tell all foreign terrorists to leave Syria deport Palestinian terrorists help the U S prevent the resurgence of ISIS and assume charge of ISIS detention centers in northeast Syria Particular ISIS fighters are imprisoned in the region where the U S -backed Kurdish militia known as the Syrian Democratic Forces is charged with keeping them locked up The U S has about troops stationed in Syria to fight ISIS Trump commented Tuesday it was a dream for Saudi Arabia to join the accords but predicted Riyadh would do so in its own time The kingdom has long insisted it would not do so until there was a path for Palestinian statehood Trump publicized Tuesday he would lift sanctions on Syria and meet with its new leader who once had a million U S bounty on his head TRUMP SAYS HE'LL DROP SANCTIONS ON SYRIA IN MOVE TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS In Syria which has seen so much misery and death there is a new establishment that we must all hope will succeed in stabilizing the country and keeping peace he mentioned So I say good luck Syria Al-Sharaa and his group known as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham led Bashar al-Assad s ouster last year His group was founded as an al Qaeda offshoot before separating from the terrorist group in The breakthrough announcement came as Trump is traveling to Saudi Arabia Qatar and the United Arab Emirates whose leadership leaders were widely expected to press Trump to release the sanctions to help Syria's commercial sector There is a new ruling body that will hopefully succeed Trump disclosed of Syria I say good luck Syria Show us something special TRUMP'S MIDDLE EAST TOUR BEGINS WITH SYRIA LOOMING AS STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITYTrump noted both Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkish President Recep Erdo an had encouraged him to lift the sanctions Oh what I do for the crown prince Trump quipped Sen Lindsey Graham R-S C who noted he was inclined to aid sanctions relief warned Israel is still extremely concerned about the state of play in Syria