Trump says US to lift Syria sanctions, secures $600 billion Saudi deal

The US agreed to sell Saudi Arabia an arms package worth nearly $142 billion, according to the White House which called it the largest “defence cooperation agreement” Washington has ever done.

President Donald Trump kicked off his trip to the Gulf on Tuesday with a surprise announcement that the United States will lift long-standing sanctions on Syria, and a $600 billion commitment from Saudi Arabia to invest in the US