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The meeting – the first of the two countries’ most senior diplomats in seven years – follows a March rapprochement.

The foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia met in Beijing on Thursday for the first formal gathering of their top diplomats in more than seven years, after China brokered a deal to restore relations between the top regional powers.

Is Bashar al-Assad's isolation on the world stage coming to an end? The Syrian dictator has been shunned by the international community since 2011, when his regime brutally crushed anti-government protests, triggering the civil war in Syria. But in recent months, a growing number of countries have been coordinating with…

International action to help Lebanon overcome its crisis have recently come to the fore, especially the quintet meeting that recently brought together representatives of the United States, France, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Qatar in Paris. In parallel, Qatar’s Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulaziz…

Iran’s appointment of ambassador after gap of seven years comes amid its rapprochement with Saudi Arabia.

The non-oil-producing private sector in Saudi Arabia witnessed a rapid expansion at the end of the first quarter of 2023. The sector recorded a sharp rise in new business during March, which helped achieve more growth in employment and procurement, according to a new business survey. The seasonally adjusted Riyad…

The top envoys for Saudi Arabia and Iran will meet in Beijing on Thursday, an Iranian official and a Saudi-owned newspaper said, as the two regional rivals work to hash out next steps of their diplomatic rapprochement amid a China-brokered deal.

A senior Arab diplomat provided a rational assessment of the situation in Lebanon. He made the assessment away from the local media, effective and ineffective Lebanese politicians and their expectations from the recent agreement that restored diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Lebanese officials often speak of “conspiracies” when…

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem by the Israeli army, assaulting worshipers and arresting several on Wednesday. In a statement, the ministry “expressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s condemnation and rejection of the blatant storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque’s compound", saying "these practices…