List of international presidential trips made by Ahmed al-Sharaa

Ahmed al-Sharaa has made a total of 14 international trips to ten countries as the President of Syria since 29 January 2025. ^{[1] [2]}

Summary

The number of visits per country where he has traveled are:

• One: Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Egypt, France, Jordan, Kuwait, and Qatar
• Two: Saudi Arabia, and the UAE
• Three: Turkey

Map of international trips made by Ahmed al-Sharaa as president, as of 2025:

  Syria

  One visit

  Two visits

  Three visits

  Four or more visits

2025

	Country	Areas visited	Dates	Details	Images
1	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh Jeddah Mecca	2–3 February	Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, accompanied by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani. [3] It was the first official trip abroad since the fall of the Assad regime. [4] He later went to Jeddah to head for Mecca to perform Umrah. [5]	President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, 2 February 2025
2	Turkey	Ankara	4 February	Met with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. [6]	President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 4 February 2025
3	Jordan	Amman	26 February	Official visit. Met with Abdullah II of Jordan, accompanied by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani. [7]	President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Abdullah II of Jordan, 26 February 2025
4	Egypt	Cairo	4 March	President al-Sharaa attended the Arab League's emergency summits and met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, [8] European Council president António Costa, [9] Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, [10] and Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Chairman Rashad al-Alimi. [11]	President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, 5 March 2025
5	Turkey	Antalya	11–13 April	President al-Sharaa and First Lady Latifa al-Droubi attended the fourth Antalya Diplomacy Forum. [12] [13] Met with Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, Kosovan president Vjosa Osmani, Kurdistan Region president Nechirvan Barzan, Libyan prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Qatari prime minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, [14] and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. [15] [16]	President Ahmed al-Sharaa with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Antalya, 12 April 2025
6	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	13 April	Official visit. Met with UAE president Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his accompanying delegation. [17] [18]	President Ahmed al-Sharaa with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, 13 April 2025
7	Qatar	Doha	15 April	Official visit. Met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, accompanied by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani. [19] [20] He later met with the Syrian community group, [21] followed by an official meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani and Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. [22] [23]	President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, 15 April 2025
8	France	Paris	7 May	Official visit. Met with President Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, Disaster Management and Emergency Response Minister Raed al-Saleh, and Director of the General Intelligence Service Hussein al-Salama. [24] [25] It was the first official visit to Europe since taking office as president. [26]	President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with French President Emmanuel Macron, 8 May 2025
9	Bahrain	Sakhir	10 May	Official visit. Met with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, accompanied by the Syrian delegation. [27] Upon arrival, he met Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa. [28]	President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, 10 May 2025
10	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	14 May	Met with US President Donald Trump. [29] It was the first meeting between the American and Syrian heads of state since Bill Clinton and Hafez al-Assad convened in Geneva in 2000. [30] Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took part in the meeting. [31]	President of the United States Donald Trump with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and President of Syria Ahmed al-Sharaa during Donald Trump's state visit to Saudi Arabia.
11	Turkey	Istanbul Ankara	24–25 May	Met with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Defense Minister Yaşar Güler, and Intelligence Director İbrahim Kalın at the Dolmabahçe Palace, accompanied by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra. [32] He later met with U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, Tom Barrack. [33] [34]	President Ahmed al-Sharaa with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 24 May 2025
12	Kuwait	Kuwait City	1 June	Official visit. Met with Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, accompanied by the Syrian delegation. [35] He later met with the Syrian delegation from the Syrian community and a Kuwaiti businessman, [36] [37] followed by an expanded meeting with Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Fahad Yusuf Al-Sabah, and Foreign Minister Abdullah Ali Al-Yahya. [38]	President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber, 1 June 2025
13	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	7 July	Working visit. President al-Sharaa arrived via Al Bateen Airport and was received by UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. [39] He met with UAE president Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, accompanied by the Syrian delegation, to discuss the advancement of Syria–United Arab Emirates relations. [40]	President Ahmed al-Sharaa with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, 7 July 2025
14	Azerbaijan	Baku	12 July	Working visit. Met with Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, accompanied by the Syrian delegation, for an expanded meeting between the two countries. [41] [42]	President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, 12 July 2025

Multilateral meetings

Multilateral meetings of the following intergovernmental organizations to which Syria is a member or has been invited are scheduled to take place during al-Sharaa's presidency.

Group	Year
	2025
Arab League	4 March [43] [nb 1] Cairo
	17 May, [nb 2] Baghdad [a]
UNGA	September [44] New York City
██ = Did not attend; ██ = Future event ^a Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani attended in the president's place. [45] [46]

See also

• List of international presidential trips made by Hafez al-Assad
• List of international presidential trips made by Bashar al-Assad
• Foreign relations of Syria

Notes

1. Emergency summits
2. Arab summits

References

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3. "Syria's President al-Sharaa meets Saudi Arabia's MBS in first foreign trip". Al Jazeera English . 2 February 2025. Archived from the original on 5 February 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
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5. "التقى ولي العهد ويؤدي مناسك العمرة.. ملفات يبحثها الشرع في السعودية" [Met with the Crown Prince and performed Umrah.. Files discussed by Al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia]. Al Araby (in Arabic). 3 February 2025. Archived from the original on 13 February 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
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19. nisreen (15 April 2025). "President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani arrive in the State of Qatar". Syrian Arab News Agency . Retrieved 15 April 2025.
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21. Eyon, Mazen (15 April 2025). "President al-Sharaa meets a group of Syrian community in the brotherly state of Qatar". Syrian Arab News Agency . Retrieved 15 April 2025.
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32. "Erdogan, Syria's Sharaa hold talks in Istanbul". Reuters . 24 May 2025. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
33. "Syrian leader al-Sharaa meets US Ambassador Barrack in Istanbul". Türkiye Today. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
34. "Turkish vice president, Syrian president discuss deepening economic cooperation". Middle East Monitor . 25 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
35. rafah (1 June 2025). "President al-Sharaa arrives at "al-Bayan Palace" in Kuwaiti capital". Syrian Arab News Agency . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
36. رئاسة الجمهورية العربية السورية [@SyPresidency] (1 June 2025). "اجتمع فخامة رئيس الجمهورية السيد أحمد الشرع، ووزير الخارجية، السيد أسعد الشيباني، بوفد من الجالية السورية في دولة الكويت الشقيقة، وذلك في إطار اهتمام الدولة السورية برعاية شؤون مواطنيها في الخارج" [His Excellency the President of the Republic, Mr. Ahmed Al-Sharaa, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Asaad Al-Shaibani, met with a delegation from the Syrian community in the sisterly State of Kuwait, as part of the Syrian state's commitment to caring for the affairs of its citizens abroad.] (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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38. Fedaa (1 June 2025). "An expanded meeting includes President Al-Sharaa, al-Shaibani with the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait". Syrian Arab News Agency . Retrieved 2 June 2025.
39. m.eyon (7 July 2025). "President Ahmad Al-Sharaa, and the accompanying delegation arrived in the United Arab Emirates, where they were received by His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Affairs Minister of the UAE". Syrian Arab News Agency. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
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