Saudi, British FMs Discuss Developments in Gaza 

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron meet in London on Thursday. (SPA)
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron meet in London on Thursday. (SPA)
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Saudi, British FMs Discuss Developments in Gaza 

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron meet in London on Thursday. (SPA)
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron meet in London on Thursday. (SPA)

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron held talks on the developments in Gaza in London on Thursday.

Prince Faisal stressed that the international community, especially the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, including the UK, must fulfill their responsibilities towards intensifying efforts aimed at a ceasefire and ensure the provision of relief corridors for the urgent delivery of humanitarian food and medical aid to the Gaza Strip.

Prince Faisal focused on creating conditions for the return of stability and the restoration of a comprehensive and just peace process that guarantees the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.

Prince Faisal and Cameron underlined the importance of taking all necessary steps to stop the fighting and ensure that violence does not escalate in order to achieve full protection for civilians.

They also reviewed bilateral relations between their countries and ways to develop them in various fields.

Cameron held a lunch banquet in honor of Prince Faisal and his accompanying delegation.

The meeting and the lunch banquet were attended by Director General of the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulrahman Al-Dawood.



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.”