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Tunis Declaration Counts on Arab Solidarity Against Interventions

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz during a meeting with Tunisia's Prime Minister Youssef Chahed
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz during a meeting with Tunisia's Prime Minister Youssef Chahed
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Tunis Declaration Counts on Arab Solidarity Against Interventions

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz during a meeting with Tunisia's Prime Minister Youssef Chahed
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz during a meeting with Tunisia's Prime Minister Youssef Chahed

The 30th Arab League Summit, slated for Sunday in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, will be under the title "Summit of Unification of Vision and Speech", with the need to address the US recognition of Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan occupied territory figuring high on the meeting’s agenda.

Other Arab world hot topics, such as Syria, the Iranian expansionist agenda, and Turkish interventions in Iraq will also be tackled. Tunisia, which takes over this year from Saudi Arabia in hosting the summit, will coordinate with the leaders of 12 Arab countries in responding to some of the most pressing challenges facing the Arab world today.

Among the attending leaders are Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi, Morocco’s King Mohammed VI, Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, in addition to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

Arab leaders will also seek to ratify the draft "Tunis Declaration", presented to them by the Arab foreign ministers, which reaffirms the importance of promoting joint Arab action.

At their preparatory meeting earlier on Friday, Arab foreign ministers approved draft resolutions prepared by permanent delegates and senior officials, together with decisions of the Economic and Social Council, which will be presented in the Arab League meeting tomorrow at the Summit Level.

The draft resolutions contain about 21 items, which focus on the latest political developments of the Palestinian issue and the Arab-Israeli conflict, activating the Arab peace initiative and developments in the Syrian crisis, the occupied Syrian Arab Golan, the situation in Libya, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, and Lebanon.

The draft resolutions dealt with supporting the Arab ecosystem to counter terrorism and developing the League of Arab States—it is worth noting that draft resolutions were referred from the preparatory Economic and Social Council for the 30th Arab Summit.

The Arab League Summit will stress the importance of a comprehensive and lasting peace in the Middle East as a strategy embodied by the Arab peace initiative, which was adopted by all Arab countries at the Beirut summit in 2002.

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Assad to Araghchi: Iranian Response to Israel ‘Was Strong’

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi in Damascus on Saturday. (EPA)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi in Damascus on Saturday. (EPA)
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Assad to Araghchi: Iranian Response to Israel ‘Was Strong’

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi in Damascus on Saturday. (EPA)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi in Damascus on Saturday. (EPA)

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi visited Damascus on Saturday, coinciding with an Israeli strike that targeted a car on the Homs-Hama road in northern rural Homs. Reports suggest that a prominent member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed in the attack.

Araghchi, along with his delegation, met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and other top officials, including Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi Jalali and Foreign Minister Bassam Sabbagh.

According to a statement from the Syrian presidency, Assad praised Iran’s “strong response” to Israeli violations, stating it delivered a lesson to Tel Aviv and demonstrated the ability of the Axis of Resistance to counter Israel’s aggression. He also emphasized the strategic importance of the Syrian-Iranian relationship in facing regional challenges, further adding that Israel must cease its violent actions and return rightful territories to their owners.

Discussions between Assad and Araghchi focused on Israeli aggression in Lebanon and the need for regional support for the displaced Lebanese population.

The Iranian official reiterated his country’s commitment to supporting efforts for a ceasefire, particularly in Lebanon and Gaza, and stressed the importance of international coordination to halt the aggression. This follows earlier comments made by Araghchi in Beirut, where he pointed to Iran’s efforts to achieve a simultaneous ceasefire in both Lebanon and Gaza.

This was Araghchi’s first visit to Damascus since assuming office. Recently, analysts have highlighted growing differences between Iran and Syria on several issues, including Tehran’s limited economic and energy support for Damascus, which faces a severe economic crisis.

Furthermore, reports have suggested that Iran has reduced its military presence in Syria due to increased Israeli airstrikes targeting Iranian forces and commanders since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza.

During Araghchi’s visit, Syrian state media reported that air defenses intercepted hostile targets over western Homs, though details were not provided. Local sources reported the death of one person and the injury of three others in a drone strike on a car in the Homs area.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the attack, noting that it targeted one Syrian and two foreign nationals, including a commander.