Al-Assad to Receive Saudi FM

to those that thought that Harriri was held hostage to Syria… you are wrong. no one is being hostage to anyone. these elements are allied because they are going to attack Israel. Lebonnon has Saudi backing. the Saudis are getting chummy with Syria. this clipping was taken from a Palestinian website that is hostile to Israel

Damascus, January 5, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) – Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is expected to host the Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal in Damascus Tuesday, in a further sign of thawing relations between the two countries.

Faisal’s visit to the Syrian capital follows visits to Riyadh by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Hamas political chief Khaled Meshaal.

Diplomats in Damascus said efforts to revive the Israeli- Palestinian peace process would be ‘near the top of the agenda’ in the talks between al-Assad and Prince Saud al-Faisal.

The two would also discuss conflicts in Yemen and Iraq, diplomats said.

Relations between the Saudis and Syria have thawed in recent months, particularly following Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel-Aziz’s landmark visit to Damascus in October.

Agencies

via paltelegraph.com

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Stranded in Muslim holy city

Thirty Flyglobespan crew members are stranded in the Muslim holy city of Medina in Saudi Arabia.

The airline had a contract to carry passengers between Delhi in India and Medina for the Hajj pilgrimage.

Flyglobespan captain Bob Lee revealed that the crew members have been confined to their hotel for at least four days because, as non-Muslims, they are not allowed to move around the city.

He said crew members were unable to get seats on flights out of Medina because of the huge demand.

Capt Lee said 1,000 Flyglobespan passengers from India were also trying to find alternative flights home, adding to the difficulties facing the crew.

Katrina McBride, from Fife, said: “My daughter and a number of other crew who work for Flyglobespan are currently based in Saudi and India – who’s looking after them? Who will bring them home, when and how soon?

“We are currently in limited communication with my daughter who is in a state of panic.

“She has already phoned, crying her eyes out worrying about what will happen, who will pay her hotel bill as she been working out there for almost six weeks?”

via heraldscotland.com

help I’ve fallen into a Jihad and I can’t get up

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