Ahmed al-Sharaa has made a total of 30 public international trips to 16 countries as the President of Syria since 29 January 2025. The state-owned Syrian Arab News Agency classifies these trips as either official visits or working visits.
Unless otherwise stated, the President was accompanied on all of his trips by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and members of the Syrian delegation.
Summary The number of visits per country where he has traveled are:
One: Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brazil, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Germany, Jordan, Kuwait and the United Kingdom Two: Russia Three: United States Four: United Arab Emirates Five: Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey
2025 Country Areas visited Dates DetailsRiyadhJeddahMeccaMet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, accompanied by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani. It was the first official trip abroad since the fall of the Assad regime. He later went to Jeddah to head for Mecca to perform Umrah.AnkaraMet with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.AmmanOfficial visit. Met with Abdullah II of Jordan, accompanied by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani.CairoPresident al-Sharaa attended the Arab League's emergency summits.
On the sidelines of the summits, he met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, European Council president António Costa, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, and Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Chairman Rashad al-Alimi.AntalyaPresident al-Sharaa and First Lady Latifa al-Droubi attended the fourth Antalya Diplomacy Forum.
On the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, he 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, and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.6Abu Dhabi13 AprilOfficial visit. Met with UAE president Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his accompanying delegation.7Doha15 AprilOfficial visit. Met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, accompanied by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani. He later met with the Syrian community group, followed by an official meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani and Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.8Paris7 MayOfficial 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. It was the first official visit to Europe since taking office as president.9Sakhir10 MayOfficial visit. Met with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, accompanied by the Syrian delegation. Upon arrival, he met Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa. 10RiyadhMet with US President Donald Trump. 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. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took part in the meeting.11IstanbulAnkara24–25 MayMet 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. He later met with U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, Tom Barrack.12Kuwait City1 JuneOfficial visit. Met with Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, accompanied by the Syrian delegation. He later met with the Syrian delegation from the Syrian community and a Kuwaiti businessman, 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.13Abu Dhabi7 JulyWorking and official visit. President al-Sharaa arrived via Al Bateen Airport and was received by UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. 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.14Baku12 JulyWorking visit. Met with Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, accompanied by the Syrian delegation, for an expanded meeting between the two countries.15Doha15 SeptemberPresident al-Sharaa attended the Arab–Islamic extraordinary summits. On the sidelines of the summits, he met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.16New York City21–26 September President al-Sharaa arrived in New York City to attend the 80th opening of the United Nations General Assembly. On the following day, al-Sharaa met with Marco Rubio, the U.S. Secretary of State, at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel. He later met with members of the Syrian community and eleven members of the Jewish community. He then participated in the 2025 Concordia Annual Summit and met with former U.S. General David Petraeus. He then participated in the Two-State Solution Conference at the UN. On 24 September, he addressed the general debate of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, becoming the first Syrian leader to do so since Nureddin al-Atassi in 1967.
On the sidelines of the UN general assembly, President al-Sharaa met separately with US President Donald Trump, US First Lady Melania Trump, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs, Czech President Petr Pavel, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Netherlands Prime Minister Dick Schoof, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, King Felipe VI of Spain, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Following these meetings, Zelenskyy and al-Sharaa announced the restoration of diplomatic relations between their countries, which had been severed after the Assad regime recognized the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics in June 2022.
President al-Sharaa participated in a discussion with Charles Lister at the Middle East Institute. 17Moscow 15 OctoberOfficial visit. President al-Sharaa arrived in Moscow, accompanied by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra, General Intelligence Director Hussein al-Salama, and Secretary-General to the Presidency Maher al-Sharaa. He later met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin Palace. He also met the Syrian community in Russia with al-Shaibani. It was the first official visit since the fall of Kremlin ally Bashar al-Assad and his subsequent exile to Russia.18Riyadh 28–29 OctoberOfficial visit. President al-Sharaa arrived in Riyadh to attend the ninth Future Investment Initiative Institute conference. He later held a meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Interior Minister Abdulaziz bin Saud Al Saud, Nayef bin Sultan Al Kabeer, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Saudi Arabia's Almarai Company, and Olayan M. Alwetaid, CEO of the Saudi Telecom Company; and Abdullah Alswaha, Minister of Communications and Information Technology of Saudi Arabia. The meeting was also attended by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani.
On the sidelines of the Future Investment Initiative Institute conference, President al-Sharaa met with several prominent figures, including Mazin Abdulrazzak al-Rumaih, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Banque Saudi Fransi; Abdulmalek bin Abdullah al-Hoqail, CEO of Alinma Bank; Ahmed Shahini, Deputy CEO of the Saudi SALIC Company; Saudi Minister of Investment Khalid al-Falih; FIFA President Gianni Infantino; Richard Attias, Chairman of the Executive Committee and member of the Board of Trustees of the Future Investment Initiative Institute; Éric Martel, President and CEO of Bombardier; Omeed Malik and Chris Buskirk, Co-founders of the American investment firm 1789 Capital; Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of the French energy company TotalEnergies; Christopher J. Nassetta, President and CEO of Hilton Worldwide; Sébastien Bazin, Chairman and CEO of Accor; Mary Callahan Erdoes, CEO of Asset and Wealth Management at J.P. Morgan & Co; Eren Schmidt, CEO of the American aerospace company Relativity Space; and Matteo Renzi, former Prime Minister of Italy and current member of the Italian Senate.
He later met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Kosovan President Vjosa Osmani, during which Syria officially recognized the Republic of Kosovo as an independent and sovereign state, following a trilateral meeting in Riyadh that included officials from Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Kosovo.
President al-Sharaa participated in a plenary session dialogue at the ninth edition of the Future Investment Initiative Conference.19 Belém 6–7 November President al-Sharaa arrived in Brazil to attend the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference. This marks the first time a Syrian President has participated in the annual climate summit since its establishment in 1995. He was received by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. On the sidelines of the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference, President al-Sharaa held meetings with several key leaders, including Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, World Bank Group President Ajay Banga, Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz, Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Vice President Tareq Saleh, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The meeting was also attended by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani.20 Washington, D.C. 8–10 November Official visit. President al-Sharaa arrived in the United States and visited the White House. He met with US President Donald Trump, US Vice President JD Vance, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack, and Congressman Brian Mast. This visit marked the first time a Syrian president had visited the White House since Syria gained independence in 1946. Previously, al-Sharaa met with representatives of Syrian-American organizations in Washington and held discussions with Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. The meeting was also attended by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani. He held an open dialogue meeting with the Syrian community in Washington, D.C., attended by Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani and US Special envoy to Syria Tom Barrack.21 Doha 5 December Official visit. President al-Sharaa visited the Qatari capital, Doha, to take part in the Doha Forum 2025. Al-Sharaa was accompanied by Foreign Minister Assad Hassan al-Shaibani and Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Marwan al-Halabi. He met with members of the Syrian national football team who were participating in the 2025 FIFA Arab Cup. He also attended the 2025 World Arabian Horse Championship Supreme in Doha alongside Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Al-Sharaa participated in the Newsmaker Interview, led by Christiane Amanpour, who is the Chief International Anchor for CNN. The president was asked a variety of questions, ranging from Syria being integrated into the International community, Al-Sharaa's reaction to Israel's invasion and bombing of southern Syria, and the 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites.
He visited the Al Jazeera Media Network, where he met with the Director General, Sheikh Nasser bin Faisal Al Thani, and other staff members of the channel.
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