Photos: Elated Qataris stream into Saudi after border re-opened

Saudi Airlines and Qatar Airways to begin resuming flights from Monday

Published: January 10, 2021 16:12 Compiled by Devadasan K P, Picture Editor with inputs from Agencies

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Cars move at Qatar's Abu Samra border crossing with Saudi Arabia, after the two countries restored ties and opened borders, which were closed since 2017. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Visitors show their documents to Saudi customs officials as they travel by car into Saudi Arabia from Qatar through the Salwa crossing between the two countries on January 10, 2021. Image Credit: AFP

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Qatari vehicles crossed into Saudi Arabia through a land border on Saturday for the first time following a deal this week to restore relations. "It's good to see warm welcome we had, and the happiness we see in our brothers," said, the driver of the second car to pass through the Abu Samra-Salwa crossing. Image Credit: AFP

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An officer gives flowers to a driver at a border crossing of Saudi Arabia with Qatar. Image Credit: AFP

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"Coming from Qatar is like coming to our second country, where there's no difference between them and us in their traditions," said Mohammed al-Marri, a Qatari who had travelled into Saudi Arabia. Image Credit: AFP

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Qatar Airways and Saudi Airlines announced Saturday on Twitter that they would begin resuming flights between their countries from Monday. Image Credit: AFP

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Etihad airways, Abu Dhabi's carrier, intends to recommence services between Abu Dhabi and Doha, a spokesperson said on Saturday. Above, Saudi customs officers checking the documents of a Qatari visitor's vehicle as he crosses the border from Qatar into Saudi Arabia through the Salwa crossing between the two Gulf countries. Image Credit: AFP

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All arrivals into Qatar crossing at Abu Samra must present a negative COVID-19 test, take a new test at the border and quarantine for one week in one of a number of selected hotels. Image Credit: AFP

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A Saudi customs official walking past Qatari-registered vehicles queuing to cross the border from Qatar into Saudi Arabia through the Salwa crossing. The border reopening, announced by mediator Kuwait, came a day before an annual summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was held in Saudi Arabia. Image Credit: AFP

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A visitor shows his documents to Saudi customs officials as he travels by car into Saudi Arabia from Qatar. Image Credit: AFP

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Cars move at Qatar's Abu Samra border crossing with Saudi Arabia. Image Credit: REUTERS

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