Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir received in Riyadh today Special Envoy of UN Secretary-General to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed. During the meeting, they discussed the latest developments on the Yemeni arena.
Makkah Police Spokesman Col. Aati Al-Qurashi reported that at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 7, during a routine patrol along the Jeddah Corniche, a police patrol observed a group of motorcyclists engaged in reckless behavior and endangering public safety. While dealing with the situation, the bikers assaulted one of the police officers and intentionally drove over him. The bikers also assaulted a private security guard when he tried to help patrolman. Following the attack, the bikers fled the scene.
The Saudi Embassy in the Maldives today dismissing as baseless and unfounded allegations that Saudi Arabia is purchasing an atoll from the Maldives. In a statement, the embassy said that “the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia neither invest in such project nor has an intention doing so or buying a land/island or an atoll, in the Republic of Maldives.”
The Riyadh-based King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) has set up refuges camps in Somalia, Yemen and Djibouti to accommodate Yemenis escaping the war and other refugees from disaster-stricken countries.
The projects included, educational services, two satellite channels broadcasting about 4,000 lectures to more than 1,000,000 students, in addition to therapeutic projects, construction of housing units and addressing the situation of refugees in Yemen.
The Interior Ministry announced today that an off-duty police officer was shot dead in his vehicle in Qatif last night. The officer was identified as Musa DakhailAllah Al-Sharari of the Old Tarot Police Station in Qatif. The police have started criminal investigation.
Police have shot dead a Daesh (ISIS) member in Riyadh after he pulled a gun on the officers who came to his apartment to investigate a report of Daesh supporters living in the appartment, the Ministry of Interior announced today. Another man was arrested at the apartment after a weapon was found in his possession.
The ministry said that alert neighbors in the furnished apartment building reported the suspects police. The security authorities are continuing investigation.
(WASHINGTON, DC) – The King Salman Humanitarian Aid & Relief Center (KSRelief) recently sent 58 trucks carrying medical supplies and equipment to a number of provinces in Yemen. Of these, 11 trucks delivered supplies to Republic Hospital in Aden and six trucks to Mareb Hospital.
Saudi Arabia, working through KSRelief, is the largest donor of humanitarian assistance to the Yemeni people. KSRelief was established in May 2015 under the sponsorship of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz.
The Foreign Ministry today condemnation yesterday’s terrorist attack on a military base in Mali that killed a number of soldiers. In a statement, the foreign ministry reiterated the Kingdom’s support for Mali and offered its condolences to the families of the victims and Malian government and people.
The Vice Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Prince Mohammad bin Naif chaired the Cabinet’s weekly session at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh this afternoon. At the outset of the session, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Naif reviewed the success the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz’s visit to Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam.
Following a review of King Salman’s ongoing tour of Asia, the Council reviewed recent regional and international developments.
The Riyadh-based King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRELIEF) is leading international efforts to rehabilitate Yemen’s health sector which has nearly been destroyed since the Houthi militias and the forces loyal to deposed president Ali Abdullah Saleh usurped power in Sana’a. The United Nations detailed Houthi militias’ gross violations of international humanitarian law, including attacks on hospitals and medical facilities. Houthi militias and Saleh loyalists have also prevented medical supplies from reached the needy.