Bahrain landmarks go green to honor 93rd Saudi National Day

Bahrain landmarks and vital facilities lit up in green color and hoisted Saudi Arabia’s national flag in a nod to the Kingdom’s 93rd National Day. (BNA)
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Updated 23 September 2023
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Bahrain landmarks go green to honor 93rd Saudi National Day

MANAMA: Bahrain landmarks and vital facilities lit up in green color and hoisted Saudi Arabia’s national flag in a nod to the Kingdom’s 93rd National Day, which is observed on September 23.

Bahraini citizens also joined in the celebration by decorating their cars with the Saudi flag, and the country’s governorates holding special events, programs and celebrations, state news outlet Bahrain News Agency reported.

The festivities held across the country reflected the depth of the solid deep-rooted fraternal Bahraini-Saudi relations, the report added.


US envoy to meet head of Syrian Kurdish forces in Irbil: Iraqi Kurdistan presidency

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US envoy to meet head of Syrian Kurdish forces in Irbil: Iraqi Kurdistan presidency

IRBIL: US special envoy Tom Barrack and the head of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazloum Abdi, arrived in Irbil on Saturday for a meeting, a source in the presidency of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region told AFP.
Barrack will first sit down with Iraqi Kurdish political leader Massoud Barzani, then with Abdi, then with the president of Iraqi Kurdistan, Nechirvan Barzani, the source said.
The meetings come after clashes between Kurdish forces and the Syrian army in and around Aleppo in recent days.