Syria has decided to shut down its embassies in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the united States in an unprecedented step on the diplomatic level due to mounting pressures on its diplomatic missions in the U.S. and Gulf monarchies.

Syria has decided to shut down its embassies in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the united States in an unprecedented step on the diplomatic level due to mounting pressures on its diplomatic missions in the U.S. and Gulf monarchies, local daily Al-Akhbar reported.

The Syrian government made the decision because the country’s envoys have been facing increasing limitations for extending their stay and receiving visas for new embassy staff in Riyadh and Kuwait City.

AFP quoted a diplomatic source as saying that Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have been refusing to accredit the diplomats sent by Damascus since the start of the crisis in Syria, even though they are internationally recognized as the only legitimate diplomatic channels.

Saudi Arabia, along with Qatar and Turkey, are viewed as major supporters of armed mercenaries fighting against the Syrian government.

Syria was hit by a violent unrest since mid-March 2011, where the Syrian government accuses foreign actors, mainly the Saudi Arabia and Turkey, of orchestrating the conflict by supporting the militant opposition groups with arms and money.