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Saudi Arabia to Host World Environment Day 2024

Holding World Environment Day in the Kingdom reflects the vital and effective role of the Saudi government in the environmental field. SPA
Holding World Environment Day in the Kingdom reflects the vital and effective role of the Saudi government in the environmental field. SPA
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Saudi Arabia to Host World Environment Day 2024

Holding World Environment Day in the Kingdom reflects the vital and effective role of the Saudi government in the environmental field. SPA
Holding World Environment Day in the Kingdom reflects the vital and effective role of the Saudi government in the environmental field. SPA

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has announced that Saudi Arabia will host World Environment Day in 2024.

The announcement was made during a meeting held in Nairobi on Tuesday between UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen and Saudi Ambassador to Kenya Khalid bin Abdullah Al-Salman.

Holding World Environment Day in the Kingdom reflects the vital and effective role of the Saudi government in the environmental field, in accordance with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.

World Environment Day is celebrated annually on June 5, and over the past five decades, the day has developed into one of the largest global platforms for environmental awareness.

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Syria’s Leader Meets with Bahraini Diplomatic Delegation

The leader of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdul Latif Al-Zayani in Damascus, Syria, January 8, 2025. (Bahrain News Agency/Handout via Reuters)
The leader of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdul Latif Al-Zayani in Damascus, Syria, January 8, 2025. (Bahrain News Agency/Handout via Reuters)
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Syria’s Leader Meets with Bahraini Diplomatic Delegation

The leader of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdul Latif Al-Zayani in Damascus, Syria, January 8, 2025. (Bahrain News Agency/Handout via Reuters)
The leader of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdul Latif Al-Zayani in Damascus, Syria, January 8, 2025. (Bahrain News Agency/Handout via Reuters)

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa received a delegation from Bahrain on Wednesday and met with the Bahraini foreign minister, state media reported.

The visit was the latest in a flurry of diplomatic overtures by Arab countries to Syria’s new leaders after they overthrew former President Bashar al-Assad in a lightning rebel offensive.

Like other Gulf countries, Bahrain had cut off diplomatic ties with Syria under Assad’s rule during the Syrian civil war, but it reopened its embassy in Damascus in 2018 and gradually restored ties with the Assad government.

Bahrain is the current head of the Arab summit, and days after Assad’s ouster it had sent a message to al-Sharaa offering its cooperation with the new authorities and saying, “We look forward to Syria regaining its authentic role in the Arab League.”