...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were Saudis, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century...
have agreed to reopen their embassies after cutting diplomatic ties more than a decade ago, media outlets reported on Thursday.
Saudi Arabian state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
aired a report on Thursday, quoting an anonymous official in the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acknowledging the talks between Damascus and Riyadh.
The two governments were "preparing to reopen embassies after Eid al-Fitr", a Moslem holiday in the second half of April, a regional source aligned with Damascus told Rooters.
The decision was the result of talks in Saudi Arabia with a senior Syrian intelligence official, according to one of the regional sources and a diplomat in the Gulf.
Citing an official of the Saudi Foreign Ministry, the Saudi state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
al-Ekhbariyah later confirmed that talks were ongoing with the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates to resume consular services.
However,
death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate...
Syrian state media yet to comment on the issue.
This came after a Chinese-mediated talks in Beijing saw Saudi Arabia and Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites....agree to reopen embassies in each others’ nations after years of tensions.
The United States, an ally of Saudi Arabia, has opposed moves by regional countries to normalize ties with the Syrian government, citing his government’s brutality during the conflict and the need to see progress towards a political solution.