As Trump’s Mideast trip begins, could Syria relations be the wildcard?

president Donald Trump came to his first big trip abroad in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, in the hope of achieving large offers for trade and diplomatic breakthroughs in the Middle East.

The president could have an unexpected and willing partner in Syria’s new president who could offer him a great diplomatic victory.

“This is a historical opportunity, and it would be a shame if the United States lost it,” Natasha Hall, Senior Fellow with the Middle East program in the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIs), told FOX News Digital.

President Trump seems to be open to new relationships with Syria, including the possibility of lifting paralyzing sanctions that have been imposed in the previous regime of Bashar al-Assad.

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“We can take them from Syria because we want to give them a fresh start,” President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday.

The President added that “we want to see whether we can help them” and that at some point a determination of Syrian sanctions will be made.

“For the first time, Syria has a government in power that is no longer dependent on Iran to survive, but to be quite hostile to Iran, and that would be a great opportunity that would have been lost if the USA did not increase,” added Hall.

Mouaz Moustafa, executive director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force, a non-profit organization that contributed to bringing democracy to Syria recently met Syria’s interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa in Damascus.

Moustafa only informed Fox News digitally that the two over three hours about a possible breakthrough in the US Syrian relationshipswhich have been separated since 2011 after the outbreak of the Syrian civil war, which led to the death of over 500,000 people.

Moustafa and others crowd a meeting between Al-Sharaa and President Trump during his visit to the Golf this week. For the new government of Syria, this will be their opportunity to convince the new government with a country that comes from a devastating 14-year civil war and to improve the connections to a guide that once corresponds to the Islamic State and Al Qaeda.

“Syria’s goals are quite clear why they want to meet President Trump in Saudi Arabia in order to promote some of these core problems of cooperation and alleviate the concerns of the White House. And some of the things they have tried to show that they are intelligence problems, in the economy, in business, in business, and about companies looking for companies in Syria,” said.

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Other urge caution. “At the moment Sharaa does not restrict political and bourgeois freedom, but he is naturally authoritarian.” The former US ambassador in Syria, Robert Ford, told Fox News Digital.

Ford, who was the last US ambassador to Damascus, was drawn to the message in October 2011 The Syrian uprising became violent. Ford led the efforts to put Al-Sharaa on the list of terrorists in 2012 and said, although he was pragmatic, he leads an extremely weak government.

“He is not quite checking Syria yet. The government in Damascus, which he heads, is not very strong, and it will take time to reaffirm his entire authority about Syria,” said Ford.

Ford does not believe that al-Sharaa will pursue terrorism as he has done in the past, but although there have been some promising developments since he took power, the United States has to keep its expectations relatively low.

“Syria is so weak, military and economical and with many internal political divisions. Therefore, it will not be able to sign great precautions with the USA,” warned Ford.

A senior official of the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Fox News Digital, President Al-Sharaa “that the new Free Syria wants to build a strong strategic relationship with the United States based on mutual interests and common partnership.”

The high -ranking civil servant added that “Damascus US President Donald Trump, as the leader, is able to achieve peace in the Middle East,” and notes that Syria hopes to become an active and influential ally in Washington on regional questions.

Moustafa also met with members of the National Security Council and sent the Syrian President’s wish for a new partnership.

The National Security Council did not immediately respond to a digital request from FOX News for a comment.

The new Syrian guide has already shown the willingness to work together in some important topics that are important to the United States. The new Syrian government has worked with the US secret services and thwarted several ISIS diagrams to attack Damascus. Syrian secret services also arrested Isis Commander Abu al-Drith al-Iraqi in February.

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Moustafa also said that Al-Sharaa was concerned about the massive structure of Iranean militias along the Iraqi side of the Syrian border. This is a concern for both the United States and the Trump government, he said because it has tried to curb again with Iran to curb his nuclear program.

In Al-Sharaa’s eyes, the deal of the century would bring peace and its neighbors, including Israel. Moustafa added that the deal China, Russia and Iran would stay away and enable us to go home in the right way.

However, critics warn that a potential contract with the United States is not without obstacles.

Al-Sharaa led the Islamist rebel group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to victory over the Assad dictatorship in December. He had a $ 10 million bounty For his capture, which was lifted in February in the middle of the government’s efforts to speak to the new Syrian government.

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HTS is still a proven foreign terrorist organization that complicated the business in Syria.

“The question is whether a change in behavior according to the case of the regime leads to a more permanent change in character, ideology and governance,” Caroline Rose, director of the New Line Institute, told Fox News Digital.

Rose, who had recently traveled to Syria, found that HTS broke off from belonging to terrorist organizations and has taken over some moderate elements over time.

“Skeptics who cancel the Syrian restrictions immediately fear that every move was premature and that the US credibility could risk the credibility of the USA among its regional colleagues,” added Rose.

Since the President, Al-Sharaa has been formed by a transitional government that is made up of narrow allies from what HTS Rebel Group And a mixture of technocrats, former opposition leaders, activists of civil society and even some former members of the Assad government.

The temporary freedom such as freedom of expression, expression and the press guarantees the temporary freedom signed by Al-Sharaa in March. It also protects the rights of women and promises equal rights for all Syrians, regardless of ethnicity, religious sect or gender, but the country still leaves Under Islamist rule During the transition process.

There is some concerns about power that focuses on the president’s hands. The president can unilaterally explain a state of emergency and suspend basic rights if national security is threatened.

The huge powers granted in the new constitution Assad regime For over 50 years.

Although there is a new feeling of optimism about its future in Syrian society, bourgeois peace and security remain difficult to understand.

Deadly sectarian clashes in March, which were launched by the remains of the former Assad regime in the Syrian coastal region, led to the death of 200 members of the security forces. Forces that are allied with the government and armed civilians reacted with brutal violence. The Syrian network for human rights reported that these groups were responsible for the death of at least 396 people.

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The tensions have also agreed with the Drusen population of Syria, which emphasizes the sensitive balance of the complex ethnic differences in Syria and the ability of the new authority to control various armed factions.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.