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US Welcomes Saudi Initiative to End Yemen Crisis

The State Department Building is pictured in Washington, US, January 26, 2017. (Reuters)
The State Department Building is pictured in Washington, US, January 26, 2017. (Reuters)
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US Welcomes Saudi Initiative to End Yemen Crisis

The State Department Building is pictured in Washington, US, January 26, 2017. (Reuters)
The State Department Building is pictured in Washington, US, January 26, 2017. (Reuters)

The United States welcomed on Monday Saudi Arabia’s initiative to end the crisis in Yemen.

It also welcomed the legitimate government's commitment to the ceasefire plan.

A State Department spokeswoman said Washington calls on all parties to “commit seriously” to immediate ceasefire and engage in UN-facilitated talks.

The initiative, which includes a nationwide ceasefire and the reopening of air and sea links, would pave the way for a comprehensive political solution.

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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)
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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.”