President Trump announced the plan to end U.S. sanctions against Syria during a foreign-policy address in Saudi Arabia’s capital, his first stop on a four-day trip through the Middle East. Photo: Molly Riley/Zuma Press
Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader will visit Washington next month and meet President Trump in the Oval Office, people familiar with the matter said, capping a multiyear effort to restore his international standing with a trip that could lay the groundwork for an eventual deal to establish ties with Israel.
The trip by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who last visited the U.S. in early 2018, is scheduled for Nov. 18 and 19, one of the people said. It would come a month after Trump negotiated a cease-fire to end Israel’s two-year war with Hamas in Gaza.






