News – Middle East

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Three Canadian healthcare companies announced during the Global Health Exhibition that they have begun procedures to open regional offices in Saudi Arabia, to benefit from the great investment opportunities provided by the Saudi health sector. This came during a forum for Canadian companies specialized in …

Saudi Gazette report DAHRAN — President and CEO of Saudi Aramco Eng. Amin Al-Nasser called for an updated energy transition plan that would be version 2.0 of the current plan that has proven unsuccessful. The new plan should take into account the needs of all countries, especially Asia and the …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman made a phone call with British Secretary of State for Defense John Healey on Monday. During the call, the ministers discussed regional and international developments, and mutual coordination between the two countries to reduce escalation in the …

NEW DELHI — India and China have agreed on patrolling arrangements to de-escalate tensions along their disputed Himalayan border, India’s top diplomat has said. Vikram Misri said on Monday that the two sides have agreed on “disengagement and resolution of issues in these (border) areas that had arisen in 2020”. …

Saudi Gazette report ALEXANDRIA — A Saudi woman, who was critically ill, was medically evacuated from the Egyptian city of Alexandria to complete her treatment in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Consulate in Alexandria said on Monday that it was following up, in cooperation with the Egyptian authorities, the transfer of …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan is heading Saudi Arabia’s delegation to the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group (WBG), as well as to the 4th meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG). The six-day meetings …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the Israeli occupation forces’ bombing of homes in the town of Beit Lahia, located in the northern Gaza Strip. The Kingdom also denounced the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli settlers, reiterating its condemnation of the ongoing blatant …

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced that Israel rejected an urgent request submitted by the agency to evacuate those trapped under the rubble, as a result of the genocide being committed in the northern Gaza Strip.This came in statements made …

The number of casualties brought by the Israeli assault on Lebanon has risen to 2,464 fatalities and 11,530 injured. In a statement on Sunday, the Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that the casualty figure on Saturday, Oct. 19, reached 16 fatalities and 59 injured of whom 11 fatalities and 27 …

BEIRUT — Israel has carried out more air strikes in Beirut and southern Lebanon, including on branches of a bank that it says is supporting Hezbollah. Explosions were heard in southern Beirut’s Dahieh district, an area controlled by Hezbollah, as well as the Bekaa Valley and southern Lebanon. It is …