{"id":120470,"date":"2025-01-02T06:41:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T06:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=120470"},"modified":"2025-01-02T06:41:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T06:41:49","slug":"first-syrian-delegation-visits-saudi-arabia-since-assad-regimes-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/120470\/","title":{"rendered":"First Syrian delegation visits Saudi Arabia since Assad regime\u2019s fall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs in the caretaker government, Asaad al-Shibani, visited on Wednesday Saudi Arabia, marking the first visit of a Syrian delegation after the fall of Bashar al-Assad\u2019s regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement on X platform, al-Shibani expressed optimism about the visit, aspiring to open a new and promising chapter in Syrian-Saudi relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leading an official Syrian delegation, al-Shibani landed in Riyadh after receiving an invitation from his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, earlier this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Syrian delegation also included Defense Minister Marhaf Abu Qasra and head of the General Intelligence Agency Anas Khattab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Late in 2024, Ahmad al-Sharaa, the de facto leader of the new administration in Syria, met with a Saudi delegation headed by an advisor in the royal court at the People&#8217;s Palace in the capital, Damascus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The timing of the Syrian delegation&#8217;s visit coincides with the arrival of Saudi humanitarian aid in Damascus. 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