Iraq's Zaidi meets Sharaa on first Syria visit: What to know

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Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, known as Zaidi in the headline, met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa during his first visit to Syria. The meeting comes as oil trade and security cooperation between Iraq and Syria grow, while al-Sharaa seeks to address concerns about his militant past in Iraq.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has sought to assuage concerns about his past militant activity in Iraq, whose oil trade and security cooperation with his two country is rising.