Four years ago, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman struggled to get an audience with then-President Joe Biden, who said he wanted to make the Gulf country a pariah after its leader allegedly ordered the murder of a Washington-based journalist.

Trump was set to meet Wednesday in Saudi Arabia with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the onetime insurgent who last year led the overthrow of former leader Bashar Assad. He said the effort at rapprochement came at the urging of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi de facto ruler, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

President Trump made his first stop on his Middle East swing in Saudi Arabia Tuesday, where he received a warm welcome from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and top U.S. and Saudi business

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa remains a listed terrorist according to the US government, but Donald Trump is determined to restore "normal relations" with the Syrian government.

President Donald Trump is set to meet with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, in a face-to-face with the onetime insurgent leader who spent years imprisoned by U.S. forces after being captured in Iraq.

The US president's rapport with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is far warmer than his White House predecessor's Four years ago, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman struggled to get an audience with then-president Joe Biden,

Saudi Arabia is of key diplomatic importance to the Trump White House, especially amid ongoing tension in the Middle East and the Israel-Hamas war.

President Donald Trump hailed a “total reset” in trade relations between the U.S. and China. But other trading partners may not find negotiations quite so smooth. To many, China may have appeared the toughest agreement to reach but Trump suggested otherwise, taking aim at the European Union Monday.

President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman signed an agreement of strategic economic partnership Tuesday afternoon covering a range of U.S. and Saudi departments.