Saudi Arabia, Qatar Discuss Means to Bolster Security Cooperation

Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz and his Qatar counterpart Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani meet in Riyadh. (SPA)
Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz and his Qatar counterpart Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani meet in Riyadh. (SPA)
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Saudi Arabia, Qatar Discuss Means to Bolster Security Cooperation

Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz and his Qatar counterpart Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani meet in Riyadh. (SPA)
Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz and his Qatar counterpart Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani meet in Riyadh. (SPA)

Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz held official talks with his Qatar counterpart Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani at the ministry's headquarters in Riyadh on Monday.

Prince Abdulaziz stressed that security initiatives and objectives, as agreed upon during the seventh meeting of the Saudi-Qatari Coordination Council, reflect the commitment of both countries' leadership to fortify cooperation and collaborative efforts.

The officials discussed means to boost security cooperation between their ministries.

They also took part in the signing of an action plan for a project aimed at streamlining the movement of passengers through the Saudi Salwa and Qatari Abu Samra checkpoints.



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.”