News – Middle East

Hezbollah forces yesterday resumed rocket and artillery attacks against Israel, ending the lull along the border following Israel’s killing of the Lebanese group’s military commander in Beirut.Hezbollah said it had fired a surface-to-air missile at an Israeli warplane flying in Lebanese airspace overnight and forced it to turn back. Its …

Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad on Monday claimed responsibility for a bombing in Tel Aviv, calling it a “suicide operation” and threatening more attacks in Israel as the Gaza war drags on.Israeli police earlier said the late Sunday blast in Israel’s commercial hub was a “terror attack” that prompted …

RIYADH — The King Salman International Airport Development Company (KSIADC), a subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has solidified strategic partnerships with four industry-leading firms to transform King Salman International Airport (KSIA) into a premier global hub for tourism, trade, and transportation. In a significant move, the award-winning architecture …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH— The Saudi Ministry of Justice announced that the number of beneficiaries of the real estate stock exchange services has reached more than 2.1 million since its launch a year ago. The real estate exchange is one of the pioneering projects through which the Ministry of Justice …

The Libyan Investment Authority is expecting UN sign-off by the end of the year to actively manage its $70bn in assets for the first time in more than a decade, its chief executive told Reuters.The LIA, set up under Muammar Gaddafi in 2006 to manage the country’s oil wealth, has …

The Arab League called on Monday for urgent relief to address the difficult humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip and Sudan, and the disaster due to torrents and floods in the Yemeni governorates of Hodeidah and Hajjah. In a statement coinciding World Humanitarian Day 2024, Assistant Secretary-General and Head of …

Saudi Gazette Report RIYADH —King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) signed a cooperation agreement with a civil society organization to implement a project to drill 21 medium-depth solar-powered wells in the regions of Abuja, Enugu, Kano, Osun, Oyo, and Kaduna in Nigeria. The agreement was signed by …

Saudi Gazette Report WASHINGTON —Susan Lindeman, Interim President and CEO of Saudi-US Business Council, praised the role of the new Saudi Foreign Investment Law in strengthening economic relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States. In an interview with Saudi Press Agency (SPA), she explained that the law contributes …

The Personalised Medicine Coalition (PMC) has praised Qatar’s continuous efforts to advance personalised medicine in its monthly landscape analysis. Building on this recognition, the report added that Qatar is making significant strides in its ambitious plan to integrate personalised medicine into its national healthcare strategy, aiming to reinforce economic development …

Gaza’s civil defence agency said an Israeli strike hit a school in Gaza City on Tuesday, killing at least seven people, while the Israeli military said it struck a Hamas command centre.The bodies of five men and two children were pulled out of the building “after an Israeli plane dropped …