Saudi Arabia Underscores its Continued Efforts to Support Palestinian Cause

Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, chairs the cabinet meeting in Jeddah. (SPA)
Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, chairs the cabinet meeting in Jeddah. (SPA)
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Saudi Arabia Underscores its Continued Efforts to Support Palestinian Cause

Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, chairs the cabinet meeting in Jeddah. (SPA)
Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, chairs the cabinet meeting in Jeddah. (SPA)

The Saudi government underlined on Tuesday its ongoing efforts with members of the international community to support the Palestinian cause, end the war on Gaza, allow the flow of humanitarian aid and cease the Israeli violations against international laws and norms.

Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, chaired the cabinet meeting that was held in Jeddah.

The ministers reviewed the latest regional and international developments and Saudi Arabia’s contacts and meetings with world countries over the past week that are aimed at bolstering cooperation and coordination on global affairs.

The cabinet was briefed on the Kingdom’s preparations to organize the Hajj pilgrimage, which begins next week. The pilgrimage will be held according to the highest standards and greatest levels of coordination and integration between the relevant entities to allow the pilgrims to perform the holy rituals with ease.

Saudi Arabia has dedicated mega development projects and infrastructure to serve pilgrims from across the globe.

The cabinet expressed the Saudi leadership and people’s honor in serving the visitors of the two holy mosques in Makkah and Madinah, in continuation of its pioneering role in the Islamic world.

It asked God Almighty that the pilgrims perform their rituals safely and at ease.

The cabinet reviewed Saudi Arabia’s participation at the ASEAN-Gulf Cooperation Council and Gulf-ASEAN-China meetings in Malaysia. The Kingdom stressed its support to international initiatives aimed at achieving sustainable development and regional stability and that will help build a prosperous future for the world.

The cabinet also highlighted Saudi Arabia and Kuwait’s new oil discovery in the Neutral Zone, saying it was a positive step that will bolster bilateral cooperation in the energy sector.



Syria’s Interior Ministry Stresses Cooperation with Saudi Arabia to Combat Crime, Terrorism

The Saudi Interior Minister receiving his Syrian counterpart in Jeddah last month (SPA)
The Saudi Interior Minister receiving his Syrian counterpart in Jeddah last month (SPA)
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Syria’s Interior Ministry Stresses Cooperation with Saudi Arabia to Combat Crime, Terrorism

The Saudi Interior Minister receiving his Syrian counterpart in Jeddah last month (SPA)
The Saudi Interior Minister receiving his Syrian counterpart in Jeddah last month (SPA)

The Syrian Ministry of Interior has confirmed it is coordinating closely with Saudi Arabia on joint security operations aimed at tackling organized crime and terrorist threats. Many of these efforts, officials say, remain deliberately out of the public eye for security reasons.

Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat, Interior Ministry spokesperson Nour al-Din al-Baba revealed that cooperation between Damascus and Riyadh spans intelligence sharing, organizational support, and capacity building. He highlighted Saudi Arabia’s advanced security structures and extensive experience, emphasizing that Syria has already benefited substantially from this collaboration.

Al-Baba indicated that the coming period could see Saudi Arabia providing specialized training to Syrian units and personnel. In recent months, several high-level meetings have taken place, including talks early last month in Riyadh between Saudi Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif and his Syrian counterpart, Anas Khattab.

According to the Saudi Press Agency, Prince Abdulaziz stressed that the meeting was held under directives from King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, reflecting the Kingdom’s commitment to supporting Syria’s stability and sharing expertise.

Discussions also focused on setting mechanisms to implement the Crown Prince’s instructions to deliver comprehensive support to Syrian institutions.

Al-Baba explained that security cooperation is primarily focused on countering two key threats: narcotics trafficking, particularly captagon, and terrorism linked to ISIS remnants and sabotage cells that carried out attacks in March.

Just last week, the two interior ministries announced a significant joint operation in which Syrian authorities, acting on Saudi intelligence, seized large quantities of amphetamine tablets hidden inside industrial sites in Idlib and Aleppo provinces. The shipment was intended to be smuggled across the border.

According to al-Baba, the operation successfully disrupted the movement of tens of thousands of captagon pills, describing it as part of ongoing efforts to dismantle smuggling networks linked to remnants of the former regime.

He said many similar operations remain undisclosed due to operational sensitivities.

In April, Saudi Arabia hosted a Syrian security delegation for an in-depth review of the Kingdom’s policing practices and advanced security systems to help modernize Syria’s own institutions.

Talks between the two ministers also addressed broader cooperation in areas such as counterterrorism, fighting organized crime, border protection, and intelligence sharing. Officials underscored that this partnership aims to create sustainable mechanisms to improve stability and security across Syria.