Saudi Regime Cut Ties with Iran to Toady to Israel: Syrian Analyst

A Somali man walks in front of the Iranian Red Crescent premises after the government ordered all Iran-related operations to leave within 72 hours in Mogadishu, January 12, 2016. The discussion would focus on Saudi ties with Iran and developments in the Middle East. After an overnight stay in Saudi Arabia, the Pakistani delegation will land in Tehran where talks will take place with Iranian President Dr Hassan Rouhani and other senior officials.

After the execution of Nimr, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard elite military force said a “harsh revenge” would strike Saudi’s ruling Al-Saud family in the near future.

Talking to APP here Sunday, they were of the opinion that Pakistan was being looked upon as the major Muslim country among the Muslim world with wider influence over the global and regional affairs. The Saudi Foreign Ministry did not respond to requests for comment.

A document from the Saudi embassy in Nairobi to the Somali embassy in the Kenyan capital showed the kingdom pledging $20 million in budget support and another $30 million for investment in Somalia, a nation trying to rebuild after two decades of war.

Defence Minister Khwaja Asif was scheduled to Tehran on a two-day visit today, however the PM directed cancellation of his visit.

Sources in the government informed that a lot of spade work had been done in this connection and through back channels Islamabad had already made the leadership of both the countries realise the need for resolving their outstanding issues through negotiations as the tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia would only benefit the enemies of Islam. Some people attacked the Saudi diplomatic missions during the protests. The situation has also had an adverse impact on the relations between Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Bahrain, Sudan, Djibouti and Comoros also have severed ties with Iran. Other wealthier Gulf states withdrew envoys. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are longtime allies.

Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will visit the Saudi Arabia and Iran to help end conflict between the two countries, ARY News reported. A Saudi team had visited Somalia in late 2015 to discuss further Saudi support for the country.

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 15 (APP): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the release of two citizens of Saudi Arabia who had been held in Yemen since March 2015, saying he was greatly relieved that they were released in “apparent good health”.