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Syria ‘willing’ to join Abraham Accords, claims Trump ally

Representative Cory Mills recently returned from a fact-finding mission to Damascus and expressed his ‘optimism’ regarding the country’s new president Ahmed Al-Sharaa

April 24, 2025 15:32
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Syria's leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa has expressed willingness for his country to join the Abraham Accords, according to a US Representative newly returned from talks in Damascus (Image: Getty)
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Syria is “willing” to join the Abraham Accords and normalise its relations with Israel, according to a key Trump ally newly returned from Damascus.

Florida Republican Cory Mills, who sits in the House of Representatives, said that he was “cautiously optimistic” following a meeting with the country’s new president Ahmed Al-Sharaa.

Al-Sharaa, a former Al Qaeda member, was installed as Syria’s leader after his Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham paramilitary overthrew the Iran-backed Assad regime in December and claims to be a “transitional” figurehead until a set of democratic elections can be organised.
Having been on a fact-finding delegation to Damascus, Mills told Bloomberg that he had held talks with Al-Sharaa and that the former militant expressed willingness to normalise relations with Israel in return for the lifting of economic sanctions against his country.

The sanctions are having a devastating impact on the Syrian economy and while both Qatar and Saudia Arabia have offered to work with Al-Sharaa, they are not able to do so under the measures imposed by the White House.