Saudi Shuts Embassy in Syria, Withdraws Staff
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Saudi Arabia has shut down its embassy in Syria and has withdrawn all its staff, the foreign ministry announced Wednesday in a statement carried by state news agency SPA.
"Due the developments in Syria, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has shut down its embassy in Damascus and withdrawn all its diplomats and staff there," said the statement.
Saudi Arabia, which has repeatedly pressed for world action against Damascus and called for rebels to be armed, was one of six Gulf monarchies to expel Syria's ambassadors and withdraw their own in February.
At least 8,500 people, most of them civilians, have been killed since the uprising against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad began in March 2011, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group.
14 March 2012, 22:33
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I thought they left long time ago. They are in the dictator's country and they got out safely, while they had been attacking him publicly. Interesting to see roles reversed.
14 March 2012, 22:35
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I forgot. The iranians were trying to kill the SA ambassador in the USA. Why bother, it would have been easier in Syria.
15 March 2012, 02:33
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How are the Saudis going to witness the "imminent fall" of regime that all those in the DON'T KNOW??? have been predicting? Perhaps this da7maleh will expedite the fall even more? Let's ask Dr. Samir Boula2a.
15 March 2012, 02:56
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Saudis should put that oil money to good use and fund the revolution to break Assad's skull open.
