Ahmed Al-Shara, new provisional president of Syria, travels to Saudi Arabia
The new interim president of Syria, Ahmed al-Shara, arrived on Sunday in Saudi Arabia for his first foreign journey from his rebel coalition the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad, saying that his country is looking for a true collaboration with The kingdom of the Gulf.Al-Shara landed at Riyad airport, in the Saudi capital on Sunday afternoon. The new flag of Syria flew next to the Saudi flag at the airport. Al-Shara later he met the hereditary prince of the reign rich in oil, Mohammed Bin Salman, according to the Syrian media and the Saudi state.The choice of Saudi Arabia for the first Al-Shara journey abroad was seen as a reflection of the married political alignments of Syria under the new leadership of the country: far from Iran, which was a key ally of the Assad regime and towards the ...