DAMASCUS - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad voiced common concerns on Saturday about the policies of the new right-leaning Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, official media reported.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul will visit Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as the guest of King Abdullah to hold meetings with high-level officials to boost ties between the two countries. Gul held a press conference prior to his departure for Saudi Arabia. (UPDATED)
Turkey could bring Palestinian Hamas' conditions for ceasefire to the attention of the United Nations, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said late on Sunday. Turkey has been elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council as of January 1. (UPDATED)
Two Turkish air stewards, one male and the other female, working on a Fly Air plane rented by Saudi Arabian Airlines, were taken into detention by the religious police after they entered the family area of a restaurant in Riyadh. An unnamed air stewardess and a male member of the cabin crew entered a restaurant opposite their hotel and sat in the family area, minutes later they were detained after the Saudi Arabian religious police (Mutawwa), entered the restaurant.