On Monday, Saudi Arabia reopened its airspace to Qatar after a breakthrough towards resolving a political dispute that had led Riyadh and its allies to impose a boycott on Qatar was reached.
Qatar Airways and Saudi Airlines will resume flights between Doha and Riyadh from Monday in a reopening of airspace as part of a political rapprochement in a three-year-old dispute.
(Adds details and background) CAIRO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Qatar Airways and Saudi Airlines will resume flights between Doha and Riyadh from Monday in a r.
VIDEO: First Qatari vehicles cross the border into Saudi
09 Jan 2021 An officer gives flowers to a driver at a border crossing of Saudi Arabia with Qatar. Reuters
Qatar and Saudi Arabia reopened their land border on Saturday as they restore ties following a landmark deal at Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Saudi Arabia.
A Qatari source told reporters that traffic at the Abu Samrah crossing, 120 kilometres south of Doha, resumed around 0700 GMT on Saturday.
Only a trickle of cars arrived at the palm tree-lined, whitewashed border post to make the short crossing to the Saudi side after news broke that the frontier had reopened.