Middle East

Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — Saudi Arabian Airlines unveiled plans to operate flying taxis to ferry Hajj pilgrims between King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah and hotels in Makkah. Saudia intends to buy around 100 aircraft to operate the service. The Saudi national carrier is making preparations to use air …

Israeli tanks and aircraft hit targets in southern and central Gaza on Sunday and there were fierce gun battles in some areas as the war reached 100 days since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.Communications and internet services were down for the third day running, complicating the work of emergency …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Turki Al Sheikh, chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA), has announced the commencement of the BLVD Runway’s construction. This new attraction, a part of Riyadh Season and developed in collaboration with Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia), promises a unique fusion …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The National Program to Combat Commercial Concealment revealed a number of cases that fall under commercial concealment or cover-up (tasattur). It also clarified the difference between commercial cover-up and the violation of covering up of illegal workers. The program explained that cases of tasattur include …

Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gives a televised address at a memorial ceremony to mark one week since the killing of Wissam Tawil, a commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan forces, in Khirbet Silem, southern Lebanon, yesterday. The head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement said yesterday that Israel had failed to …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Real Madrid was crowned champion of the Spanish Football Super Cup for the 13th time in its history, after sweeping its traditional rival Barcelona 4-1 at the Al Awwal Park Stadium in Riyadh. The credit for the victory largely goes to Brazilian Vinicius Junior’s hat-trick …

Saudi Gazette report ISTANBUL — The Saudi-Turkish bilateral committee, which held its fourth meeting in Istanbul, discussed defense cooperation and ways to further enhance it. The meeting was held in the presence of Saudi Assistant Minister of Defense Eng. Talal Al-Otaibi, Turkish Deputy Minister of Defense Celal Sami Tufekci, and …

At age 89, Palestinian Liga Jabr remembers how conflict uprooted her family when she was a child.Now, 75 years later, she says the war raging in Gaza is even worse.“This war is harder than any of the displacements” brought by previous conflicts, Jabr said in Rafah refugee camp, on the …

RIYADH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman sent a cable of congratulations to King Frederik X of Denmark on the occasion of his accession to the throne. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques extended his wishes for success to the Danish king, hoping for continued progress and …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Civil Defense teams rescued 13 people who were trapped in building fires in two separate incidents in Tabuk and Taif on Sunday. The General Directorate of Civil Defense said that its teams in Tabuk rescued 7 people following a fire in a building. One injured …