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View all search resultsAfter Iran, Saudi Arabia to reestablish ties with Syria, sources say
Syria and Saudi Arabia have agreed to reopen their embassies after cutting diplomatic ties more than a decade ago, three sources with knowledge of the matter said, a step that would mark a leap forward in Damascus' return to the Arab fold.
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yria and Saudi Arabia have agreed to reopen their embassies after cutting diplomatic ties more than a decade ago, three sources with knowledge of the matter said, a step that would mark a leap forward in Damascus' return to the Arab fold.
Contacts between Riyadh and Damascus had gathered momentum following a landmark agreement to reestablish ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran, a key ally of President Bashar al-Assad, a regional source aligned with Damascus said.
The reestablishment of ties between Riyadh and Damascus would mark the most significant development yet in moves by Arab states to normalize ties with Assad, who was shunned by many Western and Arab states after Syria's civil war began in 2011.
The two governments were "preparing to reopen embassies after Eid al-Fitr" in April, a second regional source aligned with Damascus told Reuters.
