Saudi Arabia

15 August 2023; MEMO: Rabbi Yaakov Israel Herzog lives in the capital of Saudi Arabia and has granted himself the title of the “First Rabbi of Riyadh” after opening the first Chabad Movement house in Saudi Arabia to serve the thousands of Jewish expatriates living there. “One man isn’t waiting for peace to become official,” reported Israeli channel I24.

11 August 2023; MEMO: China's energy company, Sungrow, said this week that it will provide its inverter skid technology and 1+X modular inverter solution for a 2.2 Gigawatt (GW) solar plant that Neom Green Hydrogen Company (NGHC) is building in Oxagon. The project site is in a port area close to the futuristic Neom City project, Reuters reports.

05 August 2023; MEMO: Saudi Arabia called on its citizens to quickly leave Lebanese territory and to avoid approaching areas where there have been armed clashes, the Saudi embassy in Lebanon said in a statement posted late on Friday on X, formerly known as Twitter, Reuters reports.

The kingdom did not specify which areas in Lebanon that it was advising its citizens to avoid.

The embassy stressed "the importance of adhering to the Saudi travel ban to Lebanon," the statement added.

JEDDAH, Aug 5 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia), launched yesterday, a direct route connecting the kingdom’s capital, Riyadh and Red Sea port city of Jeddah, to Beijing.

The new route to China reflects Saudia’s role in connecting the two countries in various aspects, including trade and business, tourism and culture, Saudia said in a statement.

Aug 4 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia called on its citizens to quickly leave Lebanese territory and to avoid approaching areas where there have been armed clashes, the Saudi embassy in Lebanon said in a statement posted late on Friday on X, formerly known as Twitter.

The kingdom did not specify which areas in Lebanon that it was advising its citizens to avoid.

The embassy stressed "the importance of adhering to the Saudi travel ban to Lebanon," the statement added.

04 August 2023; MEMO: Saudi Arabia jailed an Egyptian psychiatrist on charges of terrorism last year in an "unfair trial" due to a salary dispute that he won in the kingdom, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has revealed.

04 August 2023; MEMO: Saudi Arabia will extend a voluntary oil output cut of one million barrels per day for another month to include September, it said yesterday, adding it could be extended beyond that or deepened, Reuters reported.

The kingdom's production for September will be around nine million barrels per day (bpd), the state news agency SPA cited an official source at the energy ministry as saying.

RIYADH, Aug 2 (NNN-SPA) – Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Hissein Brahim Taha, renewed his request to the Swedish and Danish governments, for measures to address the recurrent insults to the Quran.

Taha made the remarks at the 18th extraordinary session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers, which was held virtually on Monday, said the report.

01 August 2023; MEMO: Saudi Arabia has approved a $1.2 billion grant to Yemen's internationally-recognised government, led by the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), as part of efforts to prop up the war-torn country's flagging economy, AFP reported citing two officials.

According to the sources, Yemen's finance minister and central bank governor as well as the Saudi ambassador are expected to disclose details of the grant at a signing ceremony in Riyadh at 5pm (1400 GMT).

RIYADH, Jul 31 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Foreign Minister, Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, urged warring parties in Sudan, to stop “all forms of military escalation” and find a political solution that would guarantee Sudan’s return to security and stability.

In a phone call that Faisal received from General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, the Saudi top diplomat urged the warring parties in Sudan to “restore calm” and prioritise their national interest.