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US lawmakers introduce bill to combat normalization with Syria
May 12, 2023 08:31A bipartisan group of American lawmakers have introduced a bill that will prohibit the United States from normalizing diplomatic relations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government and levy further sanctions on the regional countries resuming their ties with Damascus, amid Washington’s indignation about Syria’s readmission to the Arab League.
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Iran’s Finance Minister arrives in Saudi Arabia
May 11, 2023 10:56Finance Minister Ehsan Khandouzi has arrived in Saudi Arabia, becoming the first Iranian official to visit the Arab kingdom following a China-brokered reconciliation agreement between Tehran and Riyadh.
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Saudi Arabia names new ambassador to Tehran: FM
May 11, 2023 10:47Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Saudi Arabia has named a new ambassador to Tehran, two months after a China-brokered agreement ended a seven-year rupture in bilateral relations.
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Saudi king invites Syria’s Assad to attend Arab League summit
May 11, 2023 03:10Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz has invited Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to attend an Arab League summit scheduled to be held in Jeddah next week.
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FM: Tehran to soon appoint ambassador to Saudi Arabia
May 11, 2023 03:08Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Tehran will soon appoint an ambassador to Riyadh, following a China-brokered agreement in March that ended a seven-year rupture in Saudi-Iranian relations.
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Saudi Arabia, Syria announce decision to resume diplomatic ties
May 10, 2023 05:44Saudi Arabia and Syria have announced separate decisions to resume their diplomatic relations, more than a decade after Riyadh cut the ties and began throwing support behind anti-Damascus terrorist outfits.
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Sudan’s warring sides to meet for talks in Saudi Arabia
May 06, 2023 12:41Representatives from Sudan’s army and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are set to meet in the Saudi city of Jeddah for their first direct talks, amid international efforts to end the ongoing conflict in Africa's third-largest country by area.
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Syria to return to Arab League soon: Jordan
May 05, 2023 08:46Jordan says Syria should be able to return to the Arab League soon more than a decade after the regional grouping suspended its membership in a move that Damascus has denounced as illegal.
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Senior Saudi trade delegation due in Iran: Deputy FM
May 05, 2023 04:50A high-ranking trade delegation from Saudi Arabia will visit Iran in the upcoming days to tour a major economic exhibition in the country, according to a senior Iranian official.
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Syria’s return to Arab League ‘very likely’ during next summit: Aboul Gheit
May 04, 2023 10:23Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit says there is a very high chance for restoration of Syria’s membership in the 22-member regional organization as a founding member during the next Arab summit in Saudi Arabia later this month.