Saudi condemns Syria over attack on embassy

Saudi Arabia on Sunday condemned an attack by angry protesters on its embassy in Damascus, blaming the Syrian government for a security lapse, the Saudi state news agency reported.

"The Syrian forces did not carry out the necessary measures to stop" the demonstrators, a foreign ministry official was quoted as saying by SPA news agency.

The attack on the Saudi embassy on Saturday evening was triggered by the Arab League's suspension of Syria over its failure to honour a deal to end a bloody crackdown on anti-regime protesters.

According to SPA, a group of protesters gathered outside the embassy and began hurling stones at the building. AFP