Pak Sahafat – A Western media outlet, citing regional sources and an Arab diplomat in the Persian Gulf, reported that Riyadh and Damascus will reopen their embassies in the near future.
According to the International group of Pak Sahafat news agency, Syria and Saudi Arabia have agreed to reopen their embassies after cutting diplomatic ties more than a decade ago, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
According to Euronews, a regional source aligned with Damascus said that contacts between Riyadh and Damascus have gained momentum after the historic agreement to re-establish relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
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A second Damascus-aligned regional source told Reuters the two governments were preparing to reopen embassies after Eid al-Fitr in the second half of April.
According to a regional source and a diplomat in the Persian Gulf, the decision was the result of negotiations in Saudi Arabia with a senior Syrian intelligence official.