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Podcast: Trending Middle East
Episode: Trump to lift Syria sanctions and Saudi Arabia invests billions in US
Description: US President Donald Trump rounded out his first day in Saudi Arabia with a strong commitment to Saudi-US relations as the Gulf country has committed to investing $600 billion in the US, including the "largest defence sales agreement in history”.
During his address at the US-Saudi Investment Forum, Mr Trump also announced that he would order the cessation of sanctions against Syria.
Qatar is preparing to receive Mr Trump later today on the second stop of his Gulf visit.
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