DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia appointed a new ambassador to Syria on Sunday, state news agency SPA said, the kingdom's first envoy to Damascus since the closure of the Saudi embassy there in 2012 during the Syrian civil war.
Riyadh's new ambassador to Syria will be Faisal Al-Mujfel, SPA said.
Saudi Arabia reopened its embassy in Syria earlier this year after the two countries cut diplomatic ties more than a decade ago.
... (continue reading...)(Reuters) - The United States is expected to lift a ban on the sale of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, potentially in the coming weeks, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
Washington has already signaled to Saudi Arabia that it was prepared to lift the ban, the newspaper reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.
Soon after taking office in 2021, Biden adopted a tougher stance over Saudi Arabia's campaign against the... (continue reading...)
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A delegation of U.S. lawmakers led by Michael McCaul, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is visiting Taiwan this week, the de facto U.S. embassy said on Sunday.
The delegation is in Taiwan from Sunday to Thursday, the American Institute in Taiwan said in a statement, a trip that comes shortly after China ended two days of war games around the island.
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
TBILISI (Reuters) - Flooding caused by heavy rain and rivers bursting their banks in Armenia and Georgia has left one person dead, villages cut off and hundreds of people being evacuated from their homes, according to television footage and media reports in the region.
One person was killed and buildings and infrastructure were destroyed, Russia's TASS news agency cited Armenia's interior ministry as saying on Sunday. At least 230 people were evacuated... (continue reading...)
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Over 20 civilians were killed in an attack in central Mali on Saturday, a local official said on Sunday.
The attack targeted a village in the Circle of Bankass in Mopti region - one of several areas in Mali's north and centre where jihadist groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State have been waging an insurgency since 2012.
Bankass Mayor Moulaye Guindo said unidentified armed assailants attacked villagers on their way... (continue reading...)
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