Bahrain’s anti-terror drive backed

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia supports all legal action being taken by the Bahraini government against those seeking to undermine the country’s security, the Kingdom’s Cabinet announced on Tuesday.

In a statement to SPA, Essam bin Saad, acting minister of culture and information, said this was one of the decisions taken on Monday at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, at the Council of Ministers’ weekly meeting chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman.
He said Saudi Arabia supports “all judicial measures taken by the Kingdom of Bahrain to fight extremism and terrorism in all its forms and manifestations” to “preserve the security, stability and safety of its citizens and to safeguard Bahrain’s unity and social cohesion.”
On Syria, Saeed said the Cabinet called on the international community to adopt a unified stance to stop the killing of “innocent people and protect children and women from the abuses committed by Bashar Assad’s regime and affiliated terrorist militias.” The Syrian regime’s actions have led to the killing of more than 300,000 people, and there was a need to “bring war criminals in Syria to international justice,” he said.
Saad said that to mark the start of the 32nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Cabinet reiterated Saudi Arabia’s call on the international community “to stop the racist Israeli practices in the occupied Palestinian territories” that included the “systematic murder, torture, siege and destruction of property, and acts of Judaization of Al-Quds.” It urged action against those responsible for the “heinous war crimes” against the Palestinian people.