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Cairo, The Arab Parliament has condemned the terrorist Houthi militia's launching of two ballistic missiles and bomb-laden UAVs towards the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that the Forces of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen managed to intercept and destroy. In a statement issued today, the Arab Parliament affirmed that continued systematic attempts to target civilians and civilian objects by the Houthi militia and its continuous escalation reflect its blatant challenge to the international law and its rejection of all political efforts aimed to end the Yemeni crisis, noting that these repeated Iran-backed attacks reflect the Iranian guardianship and its use of the Houthi militia as a tool to achieve its subversive plans to spread chaos in the region and undermine regional and internat...

Buraidah, Saudi Arabia, A number of commercial as well as industrial chambers, inside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and across the Arabian Gulf countries interacted with event of the Dates' Electronic Exhibition, organized by the Commercial and Industrial Chamber of the Qassim Region. The e-exhibition is set to last until next Thursday, contain 35 virtually-held shows to sell and display all dates' types products, in addition to providing dates' traders with logistics services, for date packaging and etc., as well as an exhibit of a transport services company, inside and abroad the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Some traders called for the time of the exhibition to be extended, as many as 15,000 persons paid visit to the venue, while the promotional advertisements of the exhibit reported 750,000...

Jeddah, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Dr. Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen congratulated all Muslims in the world on the advent of the holy month of Ramadan 1442H. Dr. Al-Othaimeen expressed his congratulations to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the host country, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the President of the Islamic Summit; and His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense. He also expressed his congratulations to their Majesties, Highnesses and Excellences leaders of the OIC Member States. OIC Secretary General called on Muslims to imbibe the core teachings of Ramadan and let its lessons of self-discipline and rigor continue to guide t...

Jeddah, The Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA), the national flag carrier of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, announced today a cooperation agreement with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to trial IATA Travel Pass, which aims to support the safe return to the international travel and assist the aviation sector recovery from COVID-19 pandemic impact. IATA Travel Pass is a mobile app that will enable passengers to create digital passports where test and vaccine data can be securely loaded and shared, to ensure that governmental health requirements are fulfilled both at the departure and destination points. SAUDIA is set to introduce the IATA Travel Pass on its network, starting with a trial that is set to take place on the Kuala Lumpur – Jeddah route on April 19, 2021. The Guest...

Riyadh, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will participate, for the second time, in the 17th edition of the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which will be held in May 2021 under the title: "How Will We Live Together?", as three architects were chosen to represent the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Architecture and Design Commission is responsible for supervising the pavilion for this year, due to its supportive roles for the architecture and design sector of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and within its efforts to promote the international cultural exchange between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the world. It is worth mentioning that the Venice Biennale of Architecture will be held during the period from May 22 to November 21, 2021 at the permanent headquarters of the Biennial in Venice.  ...

Hasaka, US occupation forces bring out a new convoy of vehicles and tankers loaded with stolen Syrian oil and a number of trucks from the occupation’s bases spread in Syrian al-Jazeera to Iraqi territories. Local sources in the village of Al-Suwaidia told SANA reporter that US occupation forces brought out a convoy consisting of 41 tankers carrying stolen oil from Hasaka countryside and a number of covered trucks via al-Waleed illegal crossing to Iraqi territory. On Saturday, the US occupation forces brought out a convoy consisting of 18 vehicles of refrigerators, tankers and 4 trucks to Iraq, in addition to three military vehicles of Hummer accompanied by guard vehicles carrying armed men affiliated to QSD militia via the al-Walid illegal crossing.   Source: Syrian Arab N...