Syria interim president to head to Saudi Arabia for first foreign visit

DUBAI: Syria’s transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa will visit Saudi Arabia on Sunday in his first foreign trip since he assumed power, Syrian state news agency Sana reported.

The president will be accompanied by the country's foreign minister, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani. 

 Al-Sharaa has been appointed Syria’s interim president, almost two months after his group helped topple the dictator Bashar al-Assad.

Last week, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan has visited Damascus and said the kingdom was engaged in talks with Europe and the US to help lift economic sanctions imposed on Syria that had decimated its economy.