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
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.

Syria ceasefire

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."

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