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Syrian diplomatic source tells SANA: military cooperation with Saudi Arabia may develop into a joint defence agreement or Damascus joining the Mecca defence pact

Damascus, Syria ·

A Syrian diplomatic source told the state news agency SANA that reports of Syrian troops being sent to Yemen have no basis. The source said military cooperation with Riyadh currently focuses on training, exchange of expertise and military consultations, and that Saudi coordination visits to Syria have begun.

Saudi Arabia and Syria re-established diplomatic ties in 2023, after relations were strained for more than a decade of the Syrian civil war that began in 2011.

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