Manama, Ali bin Saleh Al Saleh, Chairman of the Shura Council, sent a cable of congratulations to Hammouda Youssef Sabbagh, Speaker of the People's Council of Syria on his country's Independence Day. Al Saleh praised the deeply rooted Bahraini-Syrian relations, wishing the speaker abundant health and the people of Syria further progress and prosperity. He sent a similar cable to Mohammed Ali Ibrahim, Ambassador of Syria to Bahrain. Source: Bahrain News Agency