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Saudi Arabia, South Korea Discuss Ways to Boost Military, Defense Cooperation

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol meets with Saudi Minister of National Guard Prince Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz and Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA)
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol meets with Saudi Minister of National Guard Prince Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz and Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA)
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Saudi Arabia, South Korea Discuss Ways to Boost Military, Defense Cooperation

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol meets with Saudi Minister of National Guard Prince Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz and Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA)
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol meets with Saudi Minister of National Guard Prince Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz and Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA)

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol received in Riyadh on Monday Minister of National Guard Prince Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz and Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz.

The officials discussed joint coordination efforts and ways to boost military and defense cooperation.

They also discussed expanding partnership in military industries, and other issues of common interest

The meeting was attended by Deputy Minister of Defense Prince Abdulrahman bin Mohammed bin Ayyaf and several other officials from both sides.

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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.”