{"id":3489,"date":"2025-02-02T13:47:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T13:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ahmed-al-shara-syrias-new-interim-president-travels-to-saudi-arabia\/"},"modified":"2025-02-02T13:47:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T13:47:16","slug":"ahmed-al-shara-syrias-new-interim-president-travels-to-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ahmed-al-shara-syrias-new-interim-president-travels-to-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahmed al-Shara, Syria\u2019s New Interim President, Travels to Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/30\/world\/europe\/syria-president-ahmed-al-shara.html\" title=\"\">Syria\u2019s newly appointed interim president<\/a>, Ahmed al-Shara, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first foreign trip since his rebel coalition ousted longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. al-Shara landed at the airport in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, early on Sunday afternoon. The new flag of Syria flew alongside the Saudi flag at the airport. Mr. al-Shara later met with the oil-rich kingdom\u2019s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, according to Syrian and Saudi state news media. The two leaders were expected to discuss strengthening relations and how to garner support <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/27\/world\/europe\/eu-syria-sanctions.html\" title=\"\">for the lifting of international sanctions<\/a> imposed on Syria, according to Saudi media reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The choice of Saudi Arabia for Mr. al-Shara\u2019s first trip abroad was seen as a reflection of Syria\u2019s shifting political alignments under the country\u2019s new leadership: Away from Iran, which was a key ally to the Assad regime, and toward the Gulf.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The trip follows a flurry of diplomatic meetings in Syria\u2019s capital, Damascus, in recent weeks. Since the rebel coalition seized power in December, diplomats from Europe, the United States, the Gulf and Russia have flocked to Damascus to meet with Mr. al-Shara and establish contacts with his government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The outcomes of those diplomatic overtures will help shape the new political map of Syria and the power dynamics across the Middle East, a region that is being remade in the wake of Israel\u2019s wars in Gaza and Lebanon and the collapse of the Assad government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Iran has had its influence across the region <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/08\/world\/middleeast\/irans-syria-axis-of-resistance.html\" title=\"\">sharply diminished<\/a> by Israel\u2019s wars, which have targeted Tehran\u2019s proxies. Russia is confronting a serious challenge to its military strategy in the Middle East and Mediterranean after losing its main ally in the region, Mr. al-Assad. And Turkey, which backed the rebels, has emerged as a leading force in Syria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/03\/world\/middleeast\/syria-saudi-arabia-uae.html\" title=\"\">initially cautious<\/a> about the Islamist factions that seized power in Syria last December, the Gulf states have since increased their engagement and support for Mr. al-Shara and his interim government. Early on, they urged Syria\u2019s new leaders to demonstrate inclusivity and tolerance for the country\u2019s diverse sects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Thursday, Qatar\u2019s emir met with Mr. al-Shara in Damascus, marking the first visit to the Syrian capital by a Gulf head of state since the rebel coalition seized control. The visit underscored the interest of powerful Gulf Sunni rulers in shaping a post-Assad Syria under Mr. al-Shara\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For Saudi Arabia, recent events have presented a critical opening to reassert influence in both Syria and Lebanon, two countries where the kingdom had once vied for sway and largely lost out to Iran over the past decade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Saudi Arabia has been projecting support for Syria\u2019s new government and calling for the removal of Western and European sanctions imposed on Mr. al-Assad\u2019s government. Following Mr. al-Shara\u2019s appointment as interim president last week, Saudi Arabia\u2019s king and crown prince both sent congratulatory messages to Mr. al-Shara, wishing him success in leading Syria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. al-Shara has also signaled the importance of the relationship, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vRxLbKJbA4Y\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">giving his first exclusive Arab media interview<\/a> in December to the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya broadcaster rather than Al Jazeera of Qatar, which he has appeared on multiple times over the past decade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cSaudi Arabia has a major role in Syria\u2019s future, and I take pride in everything it has done for us,\u201d he told Al Arabiya, recalling his childhood years spent in Riyadh before his family returned to Syria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For decades, Syria was Iran\u2019s closest Arab ally in the Middle East and a key player in the competition for regional influence between Tehran and Gulf monarchies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After Syria\u2019s civil war began in 2011, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were staunch opponents of Mr. al-Assad. Both countries closed their embassies in Syria in 2012 amid the brutal crackdown on dissidents by Mr. al-Assad, who became a pariah in the region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But after a decade of war, Gulf attitudes appeared to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/07\/world\/middleeast\/arab-league-syria.html\" title=\"\">shift<\/a> as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates sought to bring Mr. al-Assad back into the Arab fold \u2014 a move at least partially driven by a desire to curb Iran\u2019s growing influence in the region at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In early 2023, Saudi Arabia offered humanitarian aid to the Assad regime after a devastating earthquake struck Turkey and Syria. Later that year, Syria was readmitted to the Arab League after a decade of isolation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But with the overthrow of Mr. al-Assad, Iran has been sidelined in Syria \u2014 and Saudi Arabia appears to have seized the opportunity to try to establish its influence with Damascus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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