• Syria's President Sharaa to visit Saudi Arabia on Sunday in first foreign trip
• The president will be accompanied by the country’s foreign minister, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani

Arab News

DUBAI: Syria’s transitional President Ahmed Al-Sharaa will visit Saudi Arabia on Sunday in his first foreign trip since he assumed power, Syrian state news agency Sana reported.

The president will be accompanied by the country’s foreign minister, Asaad Hassan Al-Shibani. 

Al-Sharaa will meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, SANA reported. 

A picture posted on X by the Syrian presidency showed Al-Sharaa and his foreign minister en-route to Saudi Arabia. 

President al-#Sharaa in the 1st official visit to #KSAhttps://t.co/wu17EyxVDC pic.twitter.com/NtUfsr7v0f

— SANAEnglishOfficial (@SANAEnOfficial) February 2, 2025

Al-Sharaa has been appointed Syria’s interim president, almost two months after his group helped topple Bashar Al-Assad.

Last month, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan has visited Damascus and said the kingdom was engaged in talks with Europe and the US to help lift economic sanctions imposed on Syria that had decimated its economy.