The president's comments came in an exchange with reporters as he took part in a business roundtable with executives in Qatar on the third day of his visit to the Middle East.

Iraq is one of Iran’s last allies in the region, and Iran wants to show its clout in Iraq and pressure Baghdad.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- U.S. President Donald Trump met with interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the first encounter between the two nations’ leaders in 25 years and ...

The developments come five months after a rebel offensive led by Ahmad al-Sharaa, now Syria’s interim president, ousted Bashar al-Assad following more than 13 years of brutal war.

When the leader of Syria shook hands with U.S. President Donald Trump, it was a striking moment for a man who was an al-Qaida ...

"He's got the potential - he's a real leader," Trump said on Air Force One after meeting Syrian Interim President Ahmed ...

Sharaa? Syria’s president who met Trump and once had $10m US bounty on his head - Ahmad al-Sharaa, the militant leader who ...

Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa has transformed himself from al Qaeda militant to Syrian president in a dramatic political rise ...

Despite his Islamist background, al-Sharaa has shown more pragmatic than ideological since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.