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| Syrian-Saudi Relations Witness Remarkable Development, Saudi says. |
| 2005-08-15 |
| Chairman of the Syrian-Saudi Businessmen Council Basel al-Ghalayini has stressed that the Syrian-Saudi economic and trade relations are witnessing a remarkable development through the increase of the Saudi concern to invest in Syria. In a statement to Lebanese ad-Diyar newspaper published Sunday, Ghalayini pointed out that volume of the Saudi investments in Syria have exceeded USD 500 million, asserting that the number will increase by entering the Saudi new investments to Syria. He stressed that Syria is destination of Saudi |
| Posted by:Ebbolutch Thavick3284 |
| #3 Surprizingly, Syria is also a place that Saudis go to escape religious intolerance. Even though the sharia proponents exist in Syria and are getting more and more pushy, Syria is a land of religious freedom compared to the Magic Kingdom. Thus 'academies' of Sufi, Shia, Druze, Alawite, etc. study have recently been thriving in Syria and many Saudis, who would not be able to study these forms in their homeland, visit Syria for study. |
| Posted by: mhw 2005-08-15 13:51 |
| #2 Only if Iran signs the papers in time for the closing. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-08-15 09:03 |
| #1 Is Syria about to become a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Arabia? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-08-15 08:49 |