Trump says he'll drop sanctions on Syria in move to normalize relations

President Donald Trump will drop sanctions against Syria and meet with the nation’s new president Ahmed al-Shaara on Wednesday. 

"I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to give them a chance at greatness," Trump said in a speech in Saudi Arabia. 

"In Syria, which has seen so much misery and death, there is a new government that we must all hope will succeed in stabilizing the country and keeping peace," he went on. "So I say good luck, Syria."

Trump is expected to meet briefly with al-Shaara in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. 

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The nation was cut off from the global financial system under ousted President Bashar al-Assad's government, amid 14 years of civil war. 

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