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Saudi Arabia Condemns Israeli Settlers for Storming Courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque

This view from the Mount of the Olives shows the old city walls of Jerusalem and the Dome of the Rock mosque in the Aqsa complex under an overcast sky on December 28, 2024. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
This view from the Mount of the Olives shows the old city walls of Jerusalem and the Dome of the Rock mosque in the Aqsa complex under an overcast sky on December 28, 2024. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
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Saudi Arabia Condemns Israeli Settlers for Storming Courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque

This view from the Mount of the Olives shows the old city walls of Jerusalem and the Dome of the Rock mosque in the Aqsa complex under an overcast sky on December 28, 2024. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
This view from the Mount of the Olives shows the old city walls of Jerusalem and the Dome of the Rock mosque in the Aqsa complex under an overcast sky on December 28, 2024. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

Saudi Arabia strongly condemned on Sunday Israeli settlers for storming the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of security forces.

The Kingdom’s Foreign Ministry reiterated its denunciation of ongoing Israeli violations of international law and repeated attacks on the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The Kingdom affirmed its categorical rejection of anything that affects the historical and legal status of Jerusalem and its holy sites, calling on the international community to hold Israeli authorities accountable for their serious and ongoing violations against Islamic holy sites and innocent civilians in Palestine.

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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.”