Saudi Ambassador Stresses Kingdom’s Support for Peace in Yemen

Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed bin Saeed Al-Jaber. (SPA)
Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed bin Saeed Al-Jaber. (SPA)
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Saudi Ambassador Stresses Kingdom’s Support for Peace in Yemen

Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed bin Saeed Al-Jaber. (SPA)
Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed bin Saeed Al-Jaber. (SPA)

Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed bin Saeed Al-Jaber stressed that the Kingdom has not spared any effort in backing peace efforts in the war-torn country.

It has also not wavered in backing the legitimate government under the leadership of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, he told Yemeni Foreign Minister Khaled al-Yamani during a meeting in Riyadh Sunday.

The Kingdom will continue to exert efforts to achieve stability in Yemen in cooperation with the international community, he added.

For his part, Yamani hailed the Saudi support to his country in various fields, highlighting the strategic ties that bind them.



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.”