President Donald Trump's announcement of the cessation of U.S. sanctions, along with his meeting with Syrian interim president, Ahmad Sharaa, marked a turning point and the beginning of a new chapter for Syria.

The meeting came after Trump—who is in the middle of a three-country tour of the Middle East—delivered a speech on Tuesday in which he announced his plan to lift U.S. sanctions on Syria in support of "a new government that will hopefully succeed in stabilizing the country and keeping peace.”