Day: July 21, 2021

Riyadh, Local, regional and international media outlets have highlighted the bright endeavors of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to cover Hajj rituals during this year’s Hajj season, reflecting the efforts being exerted to best serve the pilgrims.

The media outlets focused on the sprawling revamping and upgrading projects carried out in Makkah and other holy sites, including the precautionary measures and preventive procedures being applied to secure the safety of the pilgrims.

Facilitations have been awarded to 99 media men, representing world news agencies, as well as TV channels, newspapers and magazines, broadcasting stations and a host of Arab and Islamic media outlets’ correspondents, to enable them to cover various stages and phases of Hajj.

Meanwhile, a digital platform has been launched to provide local, regional as well as world news outlets with miscellaneous services in four languages and a live simultaneous translation, in addition to answering media men questions and inquiries.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Damascus, Syria has condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli practices against Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Palestinian worshipers, calling on the states of the world and the UN to put an end to the Israeli heinous and inhuman practices and to empower the Palestinian people to obtain their historical legitimate rights.

Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said, in a statement on Wednesday, that the last months and weeks have witnessed an unprecedented aggressive escalation by the Zionist gangs of settlers against the Palestinian people throughout occupied Palestine, particularly in occupied Jerusalem city.

The Ministry added that these aggressions have been done under the support, protection, encouragement and leadership of the Israeli government, asserting that the latest was on Sunday when herds of extremists broke into, with huge numbers, al-Aqsa Mosque under full protection of the Israeli police, in addition to attacking the worshipers inside and outside the Mosque.

The Syrian Arab Republic considers these Israeli practices against al-Aqsa Mosque and worshipers as an immoral work that reflects the true image of the Israeli entity, the Ministry went on saying .

Syria condemns in strongest terms these Israeli practices, calls on the occupation authorities to respect the human rights of the Palestinian people in al-Quds and the Aqsa Mosque and in all occupied Palestine, the Ministry stressed.

The Ministry called upon the states of the world and the UN, including the UN Security Council, to put an end to these heinous and inhuman practices and to enable the Palestinian people to obtain their historical and legitimate rights, mainly their right in establishing their independent state on their land and ending the occupation of all occupied Arab territories in Syria, Palestine and Lebanon.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Riyadh, Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Riyadh Region, performed the funeral prayer for the soul of the late Princess Nouf bint Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Al Saud after Aser Prayer today at Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh.

The prayer was also performed by Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Chairman of the Council of Senior Scholars Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Al-Sheikh and a number of princes.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

London, The UK government has spent £350-million, or around USD 477 million during the past five years, to support and fund terrorists what the UK government calls is the “moderate armed opposition” in Syria, despite all documents, facts, field facts and their crimes which have revealed that they are terrorist organizations under various names.

Declassified prepared a report published by the Daily Maverick website which revealed that the British government used a controversial body called the Whitehall Conflict-Stability and Security Fund (CSSF)- has funded dozens of schemes that it calls projects supporting terrorist organizations and promoting them in the media outlets to give them a false cover under the title of false moderation.

Britain has funded 13 projects since 2015 to support terrorists in Syria with millions of pounds sterling as the sum of at least £162-million has come from the British aid budget which, the government claims, aims “to defeat poverty, tackle instability and create prosperity in developing countries,these facts clearly show that the sums support terrorism in Syria.

The report documents that Britain began funding and supporting terrorists in Syria since 2011, under various pretexts.

There are other secret projects and operations run by the British Foreign Office, was worth £28.2-million during 2016-2017 and other programs to enhance support for terrorists, including Jabhat al-Nusra organization, included on the lists of the international terrorism.

The report indicated that one of the projects that support the structures of terrorist organizations, which it describes as moderate opposition, is worth £27.5 -million, with the aim of strengthening these organizations.

The report also revealed another British project supporting terrorists under the name of ‘Community policing” which was put under control of terrorist organizations in areas where they are positioned, especially in Idleb, where the British support came via a program known as Access to Justice and Community Support (AJACS),) run by private consultancy firm Adam Smith International, a major UK aid contractor, as the British funding continued in the project until 2018.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency