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Saudi Arabia welcomes ceasefire agreement in Syria

KSA is following with interest the start of the temporary ceasefire in Syria," Saudi state news agency reports

Reuters September 13, 2016 Less than a minute read

A peacekeeper of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) stands on a vehicle as he monitors the border with Syria near the village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights on September 13, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia, a supporter of Syrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al Assad, on Tuesday welcomed a ceasefire in Syria and said it hoped the deal would lead to the resumption of peace talks on the basis of the Geneva 1 accord. "

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is following with interest the start of the temporary ceasefire in Syria," Saudi state news agency reported, quoting a foreign ministry official.

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Syrian children slide down rubble of destroyed a building in the rebel-held city of Daraa, in southwestern Syria on September 12, 2016 as Muslims mark the first day of Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice) holiday. PHOTO: AFP

"It (the kingdom) expressed its welcome for the ceasefire agreement which would ease the humanitarian suffering of the brotherly Syrian people."