Saudi-led coalition, that intensified aerial attacks on Houthis’ hideouts Sunday, has taken complete control of the Yemeni airspace after four days of airstrikes, said Brig. Gen. Ahmad Al-Assiri, a consultant at the office of defense minister.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman held wide-ranging talks with Sudanese President Omar Bashir to assess the progress of bilateral relations and to take stock of the crisis situations in the region, especially the conflict in Yemen.
RIYADH: Ittehad OCC Developers (IOD) has announced the launch of the multiplex City Mall, a family entertainment and luxury hotel facility in the premier location of Gulberg II in Lahore, the cosmopolitan capital of Pakistan’s Punjab province.
The US diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia will resume full consular services on Sunday, following a weeklong closure amid reports of “heightened security concerns” against Western targets.
Indonesia opened a trade and tourism center in Riyadh last week, as part of a plan to boost links in the commercial and tourism sectors. The move to open the center on the part of Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, will advance its interests and bolster ties with Saudi Arabia in the fields of economy and tourism.
Operations at the US Embassy in Riyadh and its consulates in Jeddah and Dhahran have been halted in the wake of “heightened security concerns,” it was announced on Sunday.
Iran’s belligerent policies, which are hampering all plans for restoring peace and security in the Middle East, came under fire during talks between US Secretary of State John Kerry and the foreign ministers of the GCC states on Thursday.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye has called on Saudi and Korean businesspeople to diversify commercial cooperation with an emphasis on nuclear energy, renewable energy, education and health care.
The United States government has decided to temporarily relocate its Yemeni-based diplomatic staff to Jeddah.
Saudi Arabia and South Korea signed five key accords on Tuesday in Riyadh including a plan to study the feasibility of building nuclear reactors worth SR7.5 billion across the country.