Coverage dated April 17, 2023

Saudi foreign minister visits Syria as relations thaw

Headline from The Columbian

BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat arrived in the Syrian capital on Tuesday, the first official visit by an official from the kingdom in more than a decade, the Syrian government said.

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  1. Al-Monitor

    Saudi top diplomat heads to Syria for first visit since war (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Saudi Arabia's top diplomat is due to arrive in Damascus Tuesday on the first visit by a Saudi official since the start of Syria's civil war, Syria's information ministry said.Recent months have seen increasing Arab engagement with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has been politically isolated …

  2. The Times of Israel

  3. The Columbian

    Saudi foreign minister visits Syria as relations thaw (opens The Columbian)

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    BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat arrived in the Syrian capital on Tuesday, the first official visit by an official from the kingdom in more than a decade, the Syrian government said.

  4. Al-Monitor

    Saudi FM meets Syria's Assad on first Damascus trip since war (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Saudi Arabia's top diplomat in Damascus on Tuesday, state media reported, ending more than a decade of diplomatic deep-freeze between the two countries.Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan's trip -- the first visit to Syria's capital by a Saudi of…

  5. Al-Monitor

    Saudi foreign minister arrives in Syria, meets Assad (opens Al-Monitor)

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    The visit is Prince Faisal bin Farhan's first since the start of the civil war and follows the Syrian foreign minister's trip to Saudi Arabia last week.

  6. France 24

    Saudi FM meets Syria's Assad on first trip to Damascus since start of civil war (opens France 24)

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    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Saudi Arabia's top diplomat in Damascus on Tuesday, state media reported, ending more than a decade of diplomatic deep-freeze between the two countries.

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