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Saudi King Directs Performing Absentee Funeral Prayer for Kuwait’s Late Emir

The late Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
The late Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
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Saudi King Directs Performing Absentee Funeral Prayer for Kuwait’s Late Emir

The late Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
The late Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has directed the performance of the absentee funeral prayer for the late Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

The prayer will take place on Sunday, following the Dhuhr prayer at both the Grand Holy Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah.

The Saudi leadership offered on Saturday its condolences to the Al Sabah family, people of Kuwait and Arab and Islamic nations.

King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed stressed that Saudi Arabia and its people mourn the passing of the Emir with the people of Kuwait.

They wished Kuwait and its people security, stability and prosperity.

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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.”