🇺🇸🇸🇾🇸🇦⚡- The President of the US, Donald Trump, is currently meeting Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

🇺🇸🇹🇷⚡- Turkish President Erdogan joined the Trump - al-Sharaa meeting in Riyadh via a video conference.

🇷🇺🇧🇷🇹🇷⚡- Brazilian President, Lula da Silva, says he is persuading Russian President Putin to negotiate with Zelensky in Turkey, by travelling there on May 15.

🇺🇸🇸🇾🇸🇦⚡- The meeting between President Trump, Syria's President al-Sharaa and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has ended.

🇺🇸🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- "Netanyahu yesterday asked Donald Trump not to lift sanctions on Syria," - AP.

Trump has lifted sanctions on Syria.

🇺🇸🇸🇾- "I met with Syrian President Sharaa, with the participation of President Erdogan and we are discussing normalizing relations with Syria," - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇸🇾⚡- "We will lift all sanctions on Syria. This will be a positive thing," - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇸🇾⚡- President Trump asked Syria's Ahmed Sharaa to help prevent the return of ISIS in his country.

🇺🇸🇸🇾⚡- Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa informed President Trump that he has invited American companies to invest in Syria's oil and gas sector.

🇺🇸🇹🇷🇸🇾⚡- "Erdogan to attend online meeting with leaders of the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Syria," - Turkey's Presidential Office.

🇺🇸🇹🇷🇸🇾⚡- "Erdogan affirmed that Turkey will continue to support the Damascus administration in its war against terrorist organizations," - Turkey's Presidential Office.

🇺🇸🇹🇷🇸🇾⚡- "Erdogan stressed that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is deteriorating and that it is time to end the humanitarian tragedy there," - Turkey's Presidential Office.

🇺🇸🇶🇦🇮🇱⚡- The Doha hostage talks have begun, attended by Qatari mediators, an Israeli delegation, a delegation representing the hostage families, Trump's Special Envoy Witkoff, and a delegation 'indirectly' representing Hamas.

🇺🇸🇸🇦⚡- "Far too many American Presidents have been afflicted with the notion that it's our job to look into the souls of foreign leaders, and use US policy to dispense justice for their sins.

It is God's job to sit in judgment, my job is to defend America and to promote the fundamental interests of stability, prosperity, and peace," - President Donald Trump.

🇺🇸🇸🇦⚡- Saudi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's reaction to the President's speech last night.

🇺🇸🇸🇦⚡- "I look forward to working with you [Saudi's Crown Prince], I want to thank you Mohammed. We have a special relationship, we have long had a special relationship. It was an honor to spend the past couple of days with you. I'll see you again soon, I'll see you a lot! Thank you all very much," - President Trump concludes his Saudi visit, and will leave for Doha, Qatar.

🇷🇺🇪🇺⚡- The EU has approved a 17th round of sanctions. The package targets Russia's large shadow fleet, but also third countries that help Russia bypass sanctions, including the UAE, Turkey, Uzbekistan and others.

🇺🇸🇸🇦🇵🇸⚡- "We hope for progress in Gaza ceasefire negotiations," - Faisal bin Farhan, Saudi's Minister of Foreign Affairs.

🇺🇸🇸🇦🇵🇸⚡- "We agreed with the United States on the need to stop the war in Gaza," - Faisal bin Farhan, Saudi's Minister of Foreign Affairs.

🇺🇸🇸🇦🇶🇦⚡- The President has left for Doha, Qatar, and will arrive in an hour from now.

🇺🇸🇸🇦🇮🇷⚡- "Riyadh fully supports nuclear talks between America and Iran and hopes for positive results," - Faisal bin Farhan, Saudi's Minister of Foreign Affairs.