Trump tells the golf leaders that Iran has to hire the support of proxy groups as part of a nuclear agreement

Riad, Saudi Arabia (AP) – President Donald Trump informed the Gulf leaders on Wednesday that he urgently wants to “complete a deal with Iran” to end his nuclear program, but Tehran has to end his support of Proxy groups in the entire region as part of a potential agreement.

(Iran) “must stop sponsoring the terror, stopping its bloody deputy wars and permanently and thoughtfully hiring the striving for nuclear weapons,” said Trump in a meeting of leaders from the Golf Cooperation Council, which was organized by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in the Saudi capital. “You can't have a nuclear weapon.”

The United States and Iran have concentrated four discussions about the Iranian nuclear program since the beginning of last month. Trump repeatedly said that he believes that a deal is possible, but that the window closes.

The President's strongly formulated advance on Iran, the support of Hamas in Gaza, the Hisbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen, since his Proxy network was exposed to considerable setbacks in the 19 months since the start of her attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

Trump added that he believed that the moment was ripe, “free from the Hisbollah terrorists” for a future. The Hisbollah is weakened after it War last year with Israel in which a large part of his top tour was killed and after losing a key ally with the case of former Syrian President Bashar Assad, a channel for Iran to send weapons.

“If this is the case, (the) president and prime minister can rebuild this effective Lebanese state,” said Trump.

Trump's comments came to Iran after he came with the Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, A on Wednesday Face to face Engagement with the former unique guide, who had been imprisoned by the US armed forces for years after being captured in Iraq.

Trump agreed to “welcomed” Al-Sharaa before the US leader used His stay in Saudi Arabia And goes to Qatar, where Trump should be honored with a state visit. His Midost tour also leads him to the United Arab Emirates.

Al-Sharaa was appointed President of Syria in January, one month after an impressive offensive of insurgent groups under the direction of al-Sharaa's Hayat Tahrir al-ShamOr HTS, Damascus stormed and the 54-year-old rule of the Assad family ended.

Trump said he decided to meet Al-Sharaa after being encouraged to do so by Prince Mohammed and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The president also promised to raise years of sanctions against Syria.

Prince Mohammed joined Trump and Al-Sharaa for the meeting, which lasted about 33 minutes. Erdogan also took part in the talks about a video conference.

“The sanctions were really paralyzing and very powerful,” said Trump about Syrian sanctions, which are lifted after meeting Al-Sharaa. “It won't be easy anyway, so you have a good, strong chance.”

Al-Sharaa, formerly from the Nom de Guerre Abu Mohammed al-Golani, entered the ranks of al-Qaaida impacts that fought against the US armed forces in Iraq after the invasion of the USA, and still looks like an arrest against his arrest for terrorism in Iraq. The United States once offered $ 10 million for information about its whereabouts because it left to al-Qaida left.

Al-Sharaa returned to his home country in Syria in 2011 after the conflict began in 2011 and led Al-Qaidas Zweig, which was previously known as a nusra front. He later changed the name of his group in Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and cut connections with al-Qaida.

The sanctions go back to the rule of Bashar Assad, which was displaced in December and should cause great pain to its economy.

Both the bids and the Trump administrations had admitted the sanctions after the fall of Assad, when they tried to take the measure of al-Sharaa, which did not belong to al-Qaida.

After meeting with members of the GCC -to which Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi -Arabia and the United Arab Emirates also belong, Trump will go to Qatar, the second stop in his Midost tour.

Like the other Arab countries of Golf, Qatar is an autocratic nation in which political parties are prohibited and the language is strictly controlled. It is monitored by his ruling Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Sheikh Tamim, 44, took over power in June 2013 when his father resigned.

Qatar has also played a central role in pay-to-play scandals all over the world.

In Israel, the authorities investigate that Qatar committed tight consultants At the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to start PR campaigns to improve the image of the gulfnation among Israelis.

Two legislators of the European Union were accused of taking money from Doha in DHA A scandal called “Qatar-Gate”. US prosecutors in 2020 Designed Qatar, FIFA Executive Committee members Secure the tournament in the country in 2022.

In 2024 the RTX Corporation, the defense entrepreneur known earlier than Raytheonagreed to pay more than 950 million US dollars to solve the allegations that it cheated by the US government and paid bribes To secure business with Qatar. Doha has always contested misconduct and sponsors an annual anti-corruption price.

Qatar follows an ultra -conservative form of Sunni Islam, known as Wahhabism, which was born from Saudi Arabia. However, Qatar met a different attack in Arab spring by supporting Islamists, including the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and the former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and those who arise against Assad.

The support of Islamists partly led to a long boycott of the country through Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. This boycott only ended as then President Joe Biden to enter the White House in 2021.

Qatar was also an important mediator, especially at the militant group Hamas, since the international community pursues a ceasefire for the Israel Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. Qatar also hosted the negotiations between the United States and the Taliban, which led to the withdrawal of America in 2021 from Afghanistan.

In Qatar, Al-Odeid Air Base are located, a spacious facility in which the forward headquarters of the central command of the US military takes place.

The oil -rich country is also in the Center of a controversial About his offer to offer Trump the gift of a luxury Boeing 747-8 that the United States could use one as an Air Force while new versions of Boeing aircraft are under construction.

The Qatarian government said a final decision was not made. But Trump defended the idea, also argue as a critic that it would be a president of accepting an amazingly valuable gift from a foreign government.

Trump has announced that he would renovate the plane, and it would later be donated to his Post-White House President Library. He says he would not use the plane if he leaves the office.

The President on Wednesday in a social media post said that the plane was “a gift from a nation, Qatar that we have successfully defended for many years.”

“Why should our military and thus our taxpayers be forced to pay hundreds of millions of dollars if you can get it from a country free of charge that wants to reward us for a well -done job,” added Trump. “Instead, these big savings will be reproduced to make America great again! Only a fool would not accept this gift for our country.”

–

The AP authors Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey and Tia Goldenberg in Tel Aviv contributed to the reporting.