A Saudi technical team arrived in Syria on Saturday to discuss the reopening of Riyadh’s embassy in Damascus, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Ankara is preparing a plan to make Syrian refugees return home. Around 3.5 million refugees from the Middle Eastern country reportedly live in Turkey.
Syria’s foreign minister says President Bashar al-Assad of Syria would only meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan when Ankara was ready to completely withdraw its military forces from the northern part of the war-ravaged country.
After more than a decade of isolation, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been welcomed back into the Arab League. He attended the regional bloc summit in Saudi Arabia, the first since the break-out of war in Syria.
A man killed in a US strike in northwestern Syria earlier this month may not have been a senior Al-Qaeda leader as the Pentagon previously claimed, the Washington Post reported, citing US officials.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has arrived in the Saudi port city of Jeddah, according to Al-Arabiya TV and Syrian state television. He will attend the Arab League summit on Friday after Syria was reinstated to the regional organisation this month, more than 11 years after its suspension.
Ankara will soon create a committee and start developing a roadmap for the normalization of ties with Damascus, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday.
Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad and his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, have met on the sidelines of preparatory meetings for the Arab League summit in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The Arab League has welcomed Syria’s readmission to the 22-member organization. It has said that the presence of Damascus in ongoing meetings in the Saudi port city of Jeddah is a new era in the Arab world.
UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has invited Syrian President Bashar al- Assad to take part in the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change scheduled to take place in Dubai later this year, according to the Abu Dhabi Embassy in Damascus.
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers have unveiled a bill intended to bar the American government from recognizing Bashar al-Assad as Syria's president and to enhance Washington's ability to impose sanctions, a warning to other countries normalizing relations with Damascus.
The foreign ministers of Iran, Russia, Syria and Turkey have met in Moscow for high-level talks on resuming relations between Ankara and Damascus after years of animosity during the war. At the end of the meeting, they issued a joint statement, stressing the importance of respecting Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Saudi 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 the Persian Gulf kingdom next week. Syria was recently re-admitted to the Arab League, a 22-member intergovernmental organization of Arab states.
The Iranian foreign minister has called for the withdrawal of foreign troops, including Turkish and US forces, from Syria to help resolve issues related to the Middle Eastern country.
Saudi Arabia and Syria have announced separate decisions to resume their diplomatic ties. It comes more than a decade after Riyadh cut the ties and began throwing support behind anti-Damascus groups.
The United States has criticized the Arab League move to restore relation with Syria, claiming that President Bashar Assad does not deserve normalization.
Syria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed a decision by the Arab League to bring Damascus back to the bloc. The ministry has stressed the importance of dialogue and joint action to confront the challenges facing the Arab world.
Foreign ministers from Arab League member states have agreed to reinstate Syria’s membership after its suspension more than 10 years ago, according to reports.
Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit has said 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.
Israeli air raids targeted the international airport in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo early on Tuesday, killing one Syrian soldier and putting the airport out of commission, Syria’s state media reported.
Jordan’s state media reported that the kingdom is set to host Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad and his regional counterparts, as various Arab states race to mend fences and resume their ties with Damascus.
Three people have been injured, with fires and blasts reported after an Israeli air attack on a site near the Syrian city of Homs, state media reported.
The foreign ministers of Iran, Russia, Syria and Turkey may hold a meeting in May in Moscow, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said, as part of efforts to rebuild Turkey-Syria ties after years of animosity during the war.
