Syria will help the US in confronting Iran and Hezbollah, its once allies, US envoy Tom Barrack said on Thursday, hailing the improving US-Syrian ties as a replacement from “estrangement” to “engagement.”

Axar.az informs, citing Al Arabiya, Barrack, in a lengthy post on X, addressed this week’s historic visit to the White House by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the first trip by a president of the Middle Eastern country since its independence in 1946.

“This week marks a decisive turning point in the modern history of the Middle East - and in the remarkable transformation of Syria from isolation to partnership,” Barrack said.

The envoy, who has been tasked with the Syrian file for months now, said that the talks between Trump and al-Sharaa “reaffirmed a shared conviction: That the time has come to replace estrangement with engagement, and to give Syria -and its people- a genuine chance at renewal.”