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

In a statement published on Tuesday evening on its official account on (X) platform, the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared, “The State of Qatar welcomes the friendly United States President’s intent to lift sanctions on the brotherly Syrian Arab Republic and considers it a step toward supporting stability in Syria.”

Qatar is set to provide Syria with $29 million monthly for three months that can be extended to pay salaries, the Syrian finance minister said in a statement on Wednesday.

The remains of 30 people believed to have been killed by the militant Islamic State group have been found in a remote Syrian town in a search led by Qatari search teams along with the FBI

Syrian emergency task force executive director Mouaz Moustafa discusses President Donald Trump lifting sanctions on Syria and his push for peace as he arrives in Qatar.

Assad's authoritarian regime fell last year after rebels led by the former Al Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir Al Sham took control of Damascus.

Russia and Ukraine are set for their first direct talks since the war began. In other world news: China is celebrating a tariff reduction deal with the U.S. as a victory in round one of Trump’s trade war. Here’s what to expect about prices and product availability.

Trump hits back against criticism over accepting Qatar’s offer of a 747 to be used as Air Force One. Trump says U.S. will remove all sanctions on Syria