News – Middle East

Saudi Gazette report AMMAN — Saudi Arabia delivered the third instalment of the financial support to the State of Palestine for the year 2024, amounting to $10 million, in a ceremony held in Amman on Thursday. This brings the total monthly financial support provided to Palestine to $30 million, in …

Saudi Gazette Report MUSCAT — Chief of Staff of the Naval Forces Lieutenant General Mohammed Al-Gharibi began an official visit to Oman, during which he met with a number of senior Omani officials. During the meeting with the Commander of the Royal Navy of Oman Major General Al Rahbi, …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Saudi Ministry of Interior announced the arrest of a 9-member drug trafficking gang, who included employees from three government agencies. An official source at the ministry said that it had managed to bust a criminal network involved in smuggling drugs into the Kingdom via Al-Jouf …

BAKU — The largest coral ever recorded has been found by scientists in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The mega coral — which is a collection of many connected, tiny creatures that together form one organism rather than a reef — could be more than 300 years old. It is bigger …

Saudi Gazette report WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will co-host annual high-level conference in the Saudi city of Al-Ula on February 16-17, 2025, to address the challenges facing emerging market economies and the opportunities available to them. This announcement was made in a joint statement …

Saudi Gazette Report BEIJING —Saudi Minister of Media Salman Al-Dosari met with the Director of the Information Office of the Chinese State Council Mo Gaoyi and Minister of the National Radio and Television Administration Cao Shumin in the Chinese capital Beijing on Wednesday. During the meeting, they discussed the …

Saudi Gazette Report RIYADH — Minister of Investment Eng. Khalid Al-Falih began on Wednesday an official visit to a number of countries, including Sweden, France, and Tunisia. He was accompanied by a delegation of representatives from a number of major Saudi companies. The four-day visit aims to enhance Saudi …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Riyadh Season reached new heights on Wednesday night as Celine Dion and Jennifer Lopez lit up the stage in Saudi Arabia for Lebanese designer Elie Saab’s glittering 45th-anniversary celebration. In a night described as “legendary,” the “1001 Seasons by Elie Saab” show brought together fashion, …

Saudi Gazette report WASHINGTON — King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Supervisor General Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah said that as many as 170 countries have benefited from the humanitarian and relief assistance, amounting to $133 billion, provided by Saudi Arabia during the period between 1996 and 2024. He made …

Saudi Gazette report MELBOURNE — Australia and Saudi Arabia battled to a 0-0 draw in their AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to 26 Group C match at the Melbourne Rectangular Arena on Thursday. The result left both teams with six points at the midway stage of the qualifiers, with neither …