During the second day of Trump's Middle East trip, he announced a major deal between Boeing and Qatar Airways and signed an agreement with Qatar; he also met with Syria's interim president.

Sitting next to the Emir of Qatar, Trump announces a raft of agreements, including a $200bn Qatari order for Boeing planes.

President Donald Trump is urging Qatar to use its influence over Iran to persuade the country’s leadership to reach an agreement with the U.S. over its rapidly advancing nuclear program.

P resident Donald Trump announced on Tuesday, May 13, that he plans to end the U.S. sanctions imposed on Syria, which have been in place for over 45 years. Announcing the news on the first day of his Middle East tour, during the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum, Trump said he would be lifting sanctions “in order to give them [Syria] greatness.”

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.

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.”