Ayyub Altarawi
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NPR News: 05-14-2025 7AM EDT
And when it comes over here, We will be prepared for various contingencies, obviously one of which could be taking up the House bill and then offering a Senate substitute.
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NPR News: 05-14-2025 7AM EDT
The meeting included Trump, the Saudi crown prince, and Turkey's president joining over the phone for half an hour with Ahmad al-Shara, a man who just months ago was on the U.S.-designated list of terrorists with a $10 million bounty on his head for ties with al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.
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But since rebel forces ousted longtime President Bashar Assad from power, al-Sharaa has switched from militia leader to statesman in a suit. And this new Syria says it's ready to build a relationship with the U.S.
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Trump says he heard from the leaders of Saudi Arabia and Turkey urging him to lift sanctions in order to give Syria a chance at rebuilding and pull it back from Iranian and Russian influence. U.S. sanctions were mostly hurting average Syrians, with an effect so far-reaching hospitals couldn't import spare parts for machines or even fix their elevators.