Bahrain said on Friday that its embassy in Damascus and the Syrian diplomatic mission in Manama had been operating "without interruption.”
The announcement was made in a statement issued by Bahrain’s foreign ministry a day after the United Arab Emirates reopened its embassy in Syria, which is still suspended from the Arab League.
Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa said in a Twitter post that his country had not broken off diplomatic ties with Syria "despite difficult circumstances" -- a reference to Syria's nearly eight-year-old civil war.
"Syria is a major Arab country in the region, we did not cut ties and it did not do so ... We stand with it in protecting its sovereignty and its territory from any violation," he tweeted.
"The Kingdom of Bahrain has announced that work is continuing at its embassy in the brotherly Arab Republic of Syria," the foreign ministry statement carried by state news agency BNA said.
The statement said it was important that Arab states work to prevent any regional interference in Syria's internal affairs, to help consolidate security and stability in the country.
BNA also said flights had been operating between Bahrain and Syria without interruption.
