Trump Meets Syria’s Former-Militant President
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4.8 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump has met with Syria’s President and former HTS commander Ahmed al-Sharaa, following the announcement that all US sanctions on Syria would be lifted.
Plus: Israel intensifies its attack on Gaza; and Zarah Sultana takes aim at Keir Starmer.
With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Navarra Life is made possible by Navarra Media supporters. |
| 0:11.0 | To become one, go to Navaramedia.com forward slash support. |
| 0:16.0 | Welcome to Navarra Live. I'm Michael Walker and later in the show, I'm going to be joined by Ash Saar Kar. |
| 0:25.1 | Lots of Gaza. Israeli jets have bombed the Gaza Strip from north to south, killing dozens of people. |
| 0:31.0 | Also been a really important speech at the UN from their humanitarian chief. |
| 0:36.9 | And Zara Sultan has a theory on who was behind Stama's controversial island of strangers' speech. |
| 0:43.5 | And I will speak live to Plied Comrie's leader in Westminster, Liz Saville Roberts, |
| 0:48.0 | about a bruising encounter with Keir Stama today. |
| 0:52.1 | Straight into our first story, US President Donald Trump is touring the Middle East, |
| 0:56.7 | and during his stop in Saudi Arabia, he met with the new kid on the Arab bloc. |
| 1:01.1 | This was the moment Trump shook hands with Syria's president Ahmed al-Shara, a former al-Qaeda leader |
| 1:06.9 | who went by the name of Jalani. |
| 1:09.7 | There were then brief talks between the two men, chaired by Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. |
| 1:16.0 | That meeting is all the more surprising, considering the US government had a $10 million |
| 1:20.2 | bounty on Al-Shara's head, one that was only lifted six months ago. |
| 1:26.3 | According to a White House spokesperson, |
| 1:28.0 | Trump asked Al-Sharah to deport, quote, |
| 1:30.7 | Palestinian terrorists and to work with the US |
| 1:34.2 | to prevent the resurgence of Islamic State. |
| 1:37.3 | He was also keen for Syria to sign that Abraham Accords with Israel, |
| 1:41.0 | that would normalize relations between the two countries. |
| 1:44.2 | For his part, Al-Sharah invited U.S. companies to invest in Syrian oil and gas. |
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