Bahrain King, OIC Congratulate King Salman on 5th Anniversary of Accession to Power

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz. (SPA)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz. (SPA)
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Bahrain King, OIC Congratulate King Salman on 5th Anniversary of Accession to Power

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz. (SPA)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz. (SPA)

Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa congratulated in a cable on Friday Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz on the fifth anniversary of his ascension to the throne, reported the Saudi Press Agency.

Bahrain’s Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa sent King Salman similar cables.

Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Dr. Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen congratulated on Saturday King Salman on the fifth anniversary of his ascension to the throne.

He said the Kingdom was “firmly moving forward towards openness to the world and in communicating with other cultures.”

“It is demonstrating the true image of moderate Islam,” he stressed, while citing Saudi Arabia’s “countless” achievements in the past five years.

He highlighted the Kingdom’s diversification of its sources of income, empowerment of women and the youth and hosting of next year’s G20 summit.



Syrian Air Says It Is Resuming Its Direct Flights to UAE on Sunday

 Travellers are welcomed at Damascus's airport. (AFP file)
Travellers are welcomed at Damascus's airport. (AFP file)
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Syrian Air Says It Is Resuming Its Direct Flights to UAE on Sunday

 Travellers are welcomed at Damascus's airport. (AFP file)
Travellers are welcomed at Damascus's airport. (AFP file)

Syria's flag carrier Syrian Air will resume direct flights to Dubai and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates starting on Sunday, the airline said in a Facebook post.

All flights between Syria and the UAE had been suspended in January after opposition factions toppled former leader Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.

The announcement comes days after the UAE's civil aviation authority announced the resumption of air flights between the Gulf country and Syria. No UAE-based airlines have announced plans to fly to Syria so far.

The resumption of flights between the two countries followed Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s first visit to the UAE as leader, where he met UAE's President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.