JEDDAH, Sept 12 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will be holding an extraordinary meeting of its member countries at the foreign ministers’ level on Sunday over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s annexation statement, reported the Union of OIC News Agencies (UNA-OIC).
8 Sep 2019; MEMO: Saudi Arabia’s king appointed his son, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, as energy minister on Sunday, replacing Khalid al-Falih and for the first time handing the portfolio in the world’s top oil exporter to a member of the royal family, reports Reuters.
5 Sep 2019; MEMO: The President of the Saudi-American Public Relations Affairs Committee (SAPRAC), Salman Al-Ansari, attacked on Tuesday the United Arab Emirates, considering that it is “fooling” Riyadh under the pretext of Muslim Brotherhood members, for “expansionist ambitions” in the region.
RIYADH (Reuters) - The new head of Saudi Arabia’s anti-corruption commission said he plans to go after graft by ordinary government employees, following a high-profile campaign two years ago that netted princes, ministers and top businessmen.
Members of the kingdom’s economic and political elite were detained for months at Riyadh’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel in a crackdown in 2017 that unsettled some foreign investors Riyadh needs to diversify its economy. Critics said it amounted to a power play and shakedown of the crown prince’s political rivals.
1 Sep 2019; MEMO: Saudi Arabia created a new ministry for industry and mineral resources, separating it from the kingdom’s colossal energy ministry, and replaced the powerful head of the royal court, in a series of royal orders issued late on Friday, reports Reuters.
ADEN, Yemen, Aug 19 (NNN-SABA) – Warplanes of the Saudi-led Arab coalition launched 12 airstrikes against positions of the Houthi group in Yemen’s northern province of Saada on Sunday, a military official said.
The military source of Yemen’s government forces said, “the Saudi-led coalition intensified airstrikes against the main strongholds of the Houthis, particularly in Saada.”
He said that eight airstrikes targeted Maran area, that’s located to the southwestern part of Saada, causing an unknown number of casualties.
18 Aug 2019; MEMO: Yemen’s Houthi rebel group on Saturday claimed to have carried out drone attacks on oil facilities in southeastern Saudi Arabia, reports Anadolu Agency.
Speaking on the Houthi-run Al-Masirah television, rebel spokesman Yehia Sarie said the Shia group had launched ten drone strikes on Aramco’s Shaybah oilfield and refinery, close to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) border.
MECCA, Saudi Arabia, Aug 15 (NNN-SPA) – China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (CRCC), operator of the Mecca light rail, in the Hajj season in Mecca, completed this year’s pilgrimage transport service on Wednesday (yesterday).
During the seven-day operation, the total operation time was 156 hours, and more than 2.4 million trips were delivered safely and accurately.
Li Chongyang, vice general manager of CRCC, said that, the light rail system, originally planned to run 1,718 trains, actually ran 2,214 trains.
by Rania El Gamal, Saeed Azhar
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Aramco is planning a blockbuster investment in Reliance Industries (RELI.NS), the Indian firm announced on Monday, as the energy giant diversifies its business, where weaker oil prices pared its first-half profit by 12%.
12 Aug 2019; MEMO: Muslims from around the world hurled pebbles at a giant wall in a symbolic stoning of the devil on Sunday, the start of the riskiest part of the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, where hundreds died in a crush four years ago, Reuters reports.
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