ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan met online with U.S. President Donald Trump, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported on Wednesday.

A senior Israeli official has shared with Newsweek tough language toward Syrian Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a policy shift backed by the two men during his visit to Saudi Arabia.

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he plans to lift sanctions on Syria following last year’s fall of the Assad regime, saying the move will “give them a chance at greatness.”

U.S. President Donald Trump began a meeting with Syria's president in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, according to a Washington Post pool report, after a surprise U.S. announcement it would lift all sanctions on the Islamist-led government.

Rumeysa Ozturk has been detained for over six weeks after co-writing an op-ed criticising her school's response to the Israel-Gaza war A US federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to immediately release a Tufts University student from Turkey who has been held for over six weeks in a Louisiana immigration detention facility after