Syria, Saudi Arabia and Damascus

Saudi FM In Syria For First Visit Since Assad's Ouster
Saudi Arabia's top diplomat said Friday the kingdom was seeking to help Syria's new authorities secure the lifting of international sanctions, during his first visit to Damascus since Bashar al-Assad's overthrow.
Saudi foreign minister to visit Damascus on Friday, Syrian official says
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud will visit Damascus on Friday and meet with top officials in the new Syrian administration, a Syrian official said on Thursday.
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal in Damascus to meet Syria’s new leaders
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister on Friday made his first visit to Syria since the fall of former president Bashar Al Assad and held talks with the country's new leader, Ahmad Al Shara.Prince Faisal bin Farhan's visit to Damascus comes as the Syrian transitional government seeks investments to help rebuild the country after 14 years of civil war.Prince Faisal called for lifting sanctions on Damascus after talks on Syria with top diplomats from the Middle East and Europe earlier this month.Mr Al Shara said Riyadh “will certainly have a large role in Syria's future”, pointing to “a big investment opportunity for all neighbouring countries”.Prince Faisal arrived in Damascus after meetings with Lebanon's leaders in Beirut on Thursday.Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister was last in Syria in April 2023, when he met Mr Al Assad on a landmark visit that ended more than a decade of strained relations between the two countries.Saudi Arabia and other countries severed ties with Syria in 2012 over Mr Al Assad's violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests that sparked civil war.The Assad family's five decades of rule over Syria ended in dramatic fashion last month as rebel factions led by Mr Al Shara's group, Hayat Tahrir Al Sham, seized Damascus in a lightning offensive.The rebel victory came after Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah, Mr Al Assad's main backers, were significantly weakened by Israeli attacks.Riyadh significantly reduced its footprint in Lebanon amid the growing strength of Hezbollah.
Saudi FM In Syria For First Visit Since Assad's Ouster: AFP
Saudi Arabia's top diplomat landed in Syria on Friday, an AFP correspondent reported, in his first visit to Damascus since Islamist-led rebels ousted president Bashar al-Assad last month.
Saudi FM in Damascus for first visit since Assad's ouster
Attempts to reintegrate Syria into the international community come as Damascus negotiates on bringing the northeast back into the fold.
Saudi Foreign Minister discusses support for Syria's security and stability with Ahmed Al-Sharaa in Damascus
Leader of the new Syrian administration, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, received Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, at the People’s Palace in Damascus on Thursday.At the start of the meeting,
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Saudi Arabia dispatches new aid plane to Syria
Saudi Arabia sent a new aid plane to Syria on Saturday as part of the kingdom’s relief bridge to the country following the ...
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Saudi Arabia and U.A.E. Tread Cautiously With Syria’s New Leaders
With the sudden overthrow of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, his close ally Iran has ... The two leading Gulf powers, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are taking a cautious ...
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Syrian delegation visits Saudi Arabia for first foreign trip since ousting of Bashar al-Assad
A senior Syrian delegation led by foreign minister Asaad al ... Saudi relations, befitting the long shared history between the two countries,” Shaibani said on X. Saudi Arabia had welcomed ...
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Syria FM in Saudi Arabia on maiden trip as new rulers reset regional ties
came less than a month after former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was ousted by rebel forces on December 8. “I have just arrived in the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, accompanied by the ...
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Saudi Arabia calls for lifting of sanctions on Syria in boost for post-Assad order
Western and Arab powers were meeting in Riyadh on Sunday to discuss the future of post-Assad Syria as Hayat Tahrir Al Sham, the rebel group that brought down the former regime last month, builds a ...
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After urging from Saudi Arabia, EU ministers will consider easing sanctions on post-Assad Syria
RIYADH, Saudi ... Bashar Assad. Kaja Kallas’ comments came at a gathering of top European and Middle Eastern diplomats in the Saudi capital of Riyadh to discuss Syria’s future. Saudi ...