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GCC, US Envoy Discuss Means to Boost Cooperation 

GCC Secretary-General Dr. Nayef al-Hajraf meets with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Arabian Peninsula Affairs Daniel Benyam in Riyadh on Monday. (GCC)
GCC Secretary-General Dr. Nayef al-Hajraf meets with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Arabian Peninsula Affairs Daniel Benyam in Riyadh on Monday. (GCC)
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GCC, US Envoy Discuss Means to Boost Cooperation 

GCC Secretary-General Dr. Nayef al-Hajraf meets with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Arabian Peninsula Affairs Daniel Benyam in Riyadh on Monday. (GCC)
GCC Secretary-General Dr. Nayef al-Hajraf meets with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Arabian Peninsula Affairs Daniel Benyam in Riyadh on Monday. (GCC)

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Dr. Nayef al-Hajraf held talks in Riyadh on Monday with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Arabian Peninsula Affairs Daniel Benyam, reported the Saudi Press Agency. 

Talks focused on ways to boost cooperation between the GCC and the US within the framework of the existing strategic partnership. 

They covered the friendship and strategic partnership relations between the countries of the Gulf and Washington. 

They addressed the development and growth witnessed in many fields, as well as the efforts to bolster security and enhance stability in the region.  

The officials also reviewed issues of common interest. 

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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.”