President Donald Trump is set to meet with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the onetime insurgent who last year led the overthrow of longtime autocrat Bashar Assad.

U.S. President Donald Trump was set to meet Syria's president in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday following a surprise announcement that the United States would lift all sanctions on the Islamist-led government despite lingering concerns about its leaders' former ties to Al Qaeda.

PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan is leading peace efforts to end a Kurdish armed rebellion against Turkiye after four decades.

Monday's decision promises to put an end to one of the longest insurgencies in the Middle East and could have significant impact in Turkey, Syria and Iraq.

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, which has been locked in bloody conflict with Turkey for more than four decades, has decided to disband and end its armed struggle, group members and Turkish leaders said on Monday.