(WASHINGTON, DC) – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia pledged today a $150 million donation to support the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) in Yemen.
Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah the supervisor general for KSRelief, issued the announcement during the Geneva aid conference, a day-long meeting of international donors focused on responding to Yemen’s humanitarian crisis.
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the efforts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to combat terrorism. It describes Saudi Arabia’s close cooperation with the international community to fight Daesh (ISIS), Al-Qaeda and their affiliates. And it discusses Saudi Arabia’s programs to counter terror financing and attack the mindset that leads vulnerable people to support terrorism.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz today issued a number of royal orders, including the appointments of a new ambassador to the United States and ministers of Culture and Information, and Communications and Information Technology. King Salman removed Civil Service Minister Khaled Al-Arj and ordered an investigation of possible abuse of office. The royal orders also included the appointment of two new governors and a number of deputy governors.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz today appointed Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz as the Kingdom's new ambassador the the United States.
Prince Khalid graduated from the King Faisal Air Academy in Riyadh and received pilot training in the United States at Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi and advanced electronic warfare in France.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today expressed its thanks and appreciation to the Government of Iraq for the release of kidnapped Saudi and Qatari citizens. The group, which as on a hunting trip in southern Iraq near the Saudi border, was abduction in December 2015 by unknown armed men.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned today’s shooting on the Champs-Elysees in Paris killing one officer and wounding two others. The Foreign Ministry offered its condolences to families of the victims, the French people and government, and expressed the Kingdom's solidarity with France.
King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid (SKRelief) delivered 150 tons of dates as a gift from Saudi Arabia to Jordan.
King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid (SKRelief), in cooperation with the World Food Program, has distributed 1938 metric tons of maize to assist 127,000 people in Jijiga, the capital of the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia.
Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, received today US Defense Secretary James Mattis. During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations. The two sides also discussed the challenges facing the region, especially the hostile practices of the Iranian regime and its role in destabilizing the security and stability in the region, joint efforts in combating terrorist organizations such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda, as well as joint efforts to maintain the security and stability of the region in general.
The Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen destroyed a Katyusha rocket-launcher, a highly mobile deadly weapon, belonging to Houthi militia and forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. In a statement issued by the Yemeni military, coalition air forces launched a series of strikes against Houthi and Saleh militia sites in Midi in Hajja Province, destroying a Katyusha rocket-launcher, an ammunition transport vehicle, a and vehicle transporting militia fighters.