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President Donald Trump stated Sunday that different nations have steered they wish to be a part of the Abraham Accords amid latest Center East shakeups that noticed Israel and the U.S. inhibit Iran’s nuclear ambitions throughout what has been coined the “12-Day Battle.”
“We’ve got some actually nice nations in there proper now, and I feel we will begin loading them up, as a result of Iran was the first drawback…” the president advised Maria Bartiromo throughout an unique “Sunday Morning Futures” interview this week.
“We had a time frame once I thought Iran would be a part of the Abraham Accords together with all people else, and, frankly, they might have been higher off than the place they’re proper now,” he continued.
TRUMP SAYS US WOULD STRIKE AGAIN IF IRAN REBUILDS NUCLEAR PROGRAM
President Donald Trump President Donald Trump arrives on the South Garden of the White Home from Camp David on Monday, June 9, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc)
The Abraham Accords, which sought to normalize relations between Israel, Sunni Gulf States and North African nations, was signed on the White Home throughout the first Trump administration in September 2020.
US particular envoy to the Center East Steve Witkoff stated final Wednesday that increasing the accords is among the president’s “key goals” and predicted that the administration can have some “huge bulletins” on nations coming into the accords quickly.
Final week, White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt named Syria as one of many nations the president was eager to affix, noting their historic assembly in Saudi Arabia earlier within the yr.
“When the president met with the brand new president of Syria, that was one of many requests he made for Syria to signal onto the Abraham Accords,” Leavitt stated.
TRUMP SAYS HE’LL DROP SANCTIONS ON SYRIA IN MOVE TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump, Overseas Affairs Minister of Bahrain Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, and Overseas Affairs Minister of the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan wave from the Truman Balcony of the White Home after the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords on the South Garden of the White Home on September 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photograph by Alex Wong/Getty Photographs)
One of many largest Hebrew-language retailers, Israel Hayom, lately reported that Israeli Nationwide Safety Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi stated the Center Jap nations most certainly to affix are Syria and Lebanon.
Trump responded to the prospect of Syria’s entry on Sunday.
“I do not know [if they will join], however I did take off the sanctions on the request of among the different nations within the space which can be buddies of ours. I took off the sanctions on Syria… the sanctions are biting. They’re very sturdy, and we have now sanctions on Iran, too…”
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Center East professional Eugene Kontorovich, a senior analysis fellow on the Heritage Basis in Washington, D.C., lately advised Fox Information Digital, “With Iran humiliated, Lebanon and Syria are fairly practical, however I’d be impressed if it have been quickly, as in months. I do count on them to make peace with Israel and are available into the Abraham Accords throughout Trump’s time period.”
He added that “Syria might be attainable just because the brand new authorities has a lot to achieve, because it seeks legitimacy.”
Fox Information’ Benjamin Weinthal contributed to this report.