Abraham accords

May 27, 2026 11:05 AM

US Senator calls Pakistan’s role in Iran diplomacy ‘more than problematic’

Pakistan’s refusal to consider joining the Abraham Accords has triggered sharp criticism from Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who said Islamabad’s role in any Iran-related diplomacy was “more than problematic”. The remarks came after Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif publicly rejected any possibility of Islamabad joining the Abraham Accords, saying such a move would violate the country’s “fundamental ideologies”. In a post on X, Graham said, “It has been apparent to...

March 28, 2026 2:01 PM

Trump urges Saudi Arabia to join Abraham Accords

US President Donald Trump on Friday urged Saudi Arabia to join the Abraham Accords, saying the kingdom would be “very helpful” to the region and claiming he had “saved” it from Iran. His remarks came as he renewed efforts to expand Arab-Israeli normalisation and highlighted Saudi participation as a potential breakthrough. Trump repeated his argument that US pressure and military action had checked Iranian influence, while stressing that broader regional alignment around the accords rema...

November 16, 2025 10:07 AM

Syria, Saudi Arabia reluctant to make peace with Israel as Trump pushes to expand Abraham Accords

On 10 November, Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa strides into the Oval Office. He becomes the first Syrian leader ever to do so since the country's independence in 1946. Al-Sharaa, the 43-year-old former Al-Qaeda commander who toppled Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, meets President Trump for the third time this year. Al-Sharaa enters the White House through West Executive Avenue, a less visible and non-ceremonial route, rather than the traditional front driveway where foreign dignitaries are...

November 7, 2025 10:45 AM

Trump says Kazakhstan to join Abraham Accords

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords to have normalized relations between Israel and Muslim-majority nations. The announcement came after Trump said he had held a call with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. "We will soon announce a Signing Ceremony to make it official, and there are many more Countries trying to join this club of STRENGTH," Trump wrote on Truth Social. The Kazakh g...

October 17, 2025 6:15 PM

Trump says he expects expansion of Abraham accords soon

U.S. President Donald Trump said he expected an expansion of the Abraham Accords soon and hopes Saudi Arabia will join the pact that normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and some Arab states. "I hope to see Saudi Arabia go in, and I hope to see others go in. I think when Saudi Arabia goes in, everybody goes in," Trump said in an interview broadcast on Friday on Fox Business Network. Trump said he had had "some very good conversations" as recently as Wednesday with states that have in...