Saudi and Turkish FMs Meet in Riyadh: Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan yesterday to discuss regional issues and ways to strengthen ties between the two countries, Al Arabiya reports. They also led the second meeting of the Saudi-Turkish Coordination Council, which was created in 2016 to support cooperation in areas like politics, security, economy, and culture.

IN CONTEXT- The Kingdom and Turkey led the efforts to lift US sanctions on Syria, which came into fruition when US President Donald Trump announced the cessation of the longstanding and crippling sanctions on Syria during his speech at the Saudi-US Investment Forum in Riyadh last Tuesday.

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