King Salman Receives Message from Kuwait Emir

The message is delivered to Saudi State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Adel al-Jubeir.
The message is delivered to Saudi State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Adel al-Jubeir.
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King Salman Receives Message from Kuwait Emir

The message is delivered to Saudi State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Adel al-Jubeir.
The message is delivered to Saudi State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Adel al-Jubeir.

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received on Friday a message from Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah.

The message was delivered to Saudi State Minister for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir by Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Dr. Ahmed bin Nasser al-Mohammed Al Sabah during a meeting in Riyadh.

The message tackled the firm and close fraternal relations between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and means to bolster them in all fields, reported the Kuwait news agency (KUNA).

It also addressed the latest regional and international developments.



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.”