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Saudi Arabia's KSrelief, IRVD Sign Deal to Operate Artificial Limbs, Rehabilitation Center in Yemen

The agreement was signed by the Center’s Assistant Supervisor General for Operations and Programs, Engineer Ahmed bin Ali Al-Baiz, at the KSrelief's headquarters in Riyadh, SPA.
The agreement was signed by the Center’s Assistant Supervisor General for Operations and Programs, Engineer Ahmed bin Ali Al-Baiz, at the KSrelief's headquarters in Riyadh, SPA.
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Saudi Arabia's KSrelief, IRVD Sign Deal to Operate Artificial Limbs, Rehabilitation Center in Yemen

The agreement was signed by the Center’s Assistant Supervisor General for Operations and Programs, Engineer Ahmed bin Ali Al-Baiz, at the KSrelief's headquarters in Riyadh, SPA.
The agreement was signed by the Center’s Assistant Supervisor General for Operations and Programs, Engineer Ahmed bin Ali Al-Baiz, at the KSrelief's headquarters in Riyadh, SPA.

TheKing Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) signed a joint cooperation agreement this week with the international Wars and Disaster’s victims’ protection Association (IRVD) to implement the Artificial Limbs and Rehabilitation Center in Seiyun in Yemen's Hadhramout.
The agreement was signed by the Center’s Assistant Supervisor General for Operations and Programs, Engineer Ahmed bin Ali Al-Baiz, at the KSrelief's headquarters in Riyadh, SPA reported.
The Director of the Health and Environmental Aid Department at KSrelief, Dr. Abdullah bin Saleh Al-Muallem, said in a statement that the agreement intends to provide physical rehabilitation services to people with special needs and following up on them to enable them to serve their community, through diagnosis and determining the treatment plan for each patient individually, the installation of artificial limbs and functional rehabilitation services for prosthetic limbs.
The agreement will deal with raising the capabilities of the medical and technical staff professionally and scientifically and qualifying them to deal with specific cases, in addition to minimizing the migration of specialized medical and technical staff. The agreement aims to benefit 1,625 individuals.
The agreement comes within the framework of a series of humanitarian and relief projects implemented by the Kingdom through its humanitarian arm, the KSrelief to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people as a result of the humanitarian crisis they are currently experiencing.

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Israeli Forces to Stay in South Lebanon Beyond Withdrawal Deadline

A rainbow rises near the southern Lebanese border town of Khiam on January 24, 2025. (AFP)
A rainbow rises near the southern Lebanese border town of Khiam on January 24, 2025. (AFP)
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Israeli Forces to Stay in South Lebanon Beyond Withdrawal Deadline

A rainbow rises near the southern Lebanese border town of Khiam on January 24, 2025. (AFP)
A rainbow rises near the southern Lebanese border town of Khiam on January 24, 2025. (AFP)

Israeli forces will remain in southern Lebanon beyond a 60-day deadline stipulated in a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah because its terms have not been fully implemented, the Israeli prime minister's office said on Friday.

Under the agreement, which took effect on Nov. 27, Hezbollah weapons and fighters must be removed from areas south of the Litani River and Israeli troops should withdraw as the Lebanese military deploys into the region, all within a 60-day timeframe, meaning by Sunday at 4 a.m. (0200 GMT).

The deal, brokered by the United States and France, ended more than a year of hostilities between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah. The fighting peaked with a major Israeli offensive that left Hezbollah severely weakened and displaced more than 1.2 million people in Lebanon.

In a statement, Netanyahu's office said the Israeli military's withdrawal process was "contingent on the Lebanese army deploying in southern Lebanon and fully and effectively enforcing the agreement, while Hezbollah withdraws beyond the Litani".

"Since the ceasefire agreement has not yet been fully enforced by the Lebanese state, the gradual withdrawal process will continue, in full coordination with the United States."

The statement did not say how much longer Israeli forces might remain in south Lebanon, where the Israeli military says it has been seizing Hezbollah weapons and dismantling infrastructure used by the armed group.

There was no immediate comment from Lebanon.

HEZBOLLAH HAMMERED IN CONFLICT WITH ISRAEL

A Hezbollah official, asked for comment, referred Reuters to a statement issued by the group on Thursday. This said that any delay of the withdrawal would be an unacceptable breach of the agreement and put the onus on the Lebanese state to act. It said the state would have to deal with such a violation "through all means and methods guaranteed by international charters".

The Israeli military said in a statement that it remained deployed in southern Lebanon and that it is "continuing to operate in accordance with the ceasefire understandings between Israel and Lebanon".

Israeli troops had conducted strikes against Hezbollah weapons storage facilities and active observation posts in southern Lebanon over the past few days, it said.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Israel said its campaign against Hezbollah aimed to secure the return home of tens of thousands of people forced to leave their homes in northern Israel by Hezbollah rocket fire.

It inflicted major blows on Hezbollah during the conflict, killing its leader Hassan Nasrallah and thousands of the group's fighters and destroying much of its arsenal.

Hezbollah was further weakened in December when its Syrian ally, Bashar al-Assad, was toppled from power by opposition factions, cutting its overland supply route from Iran.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, noted that Israel was removing forces from Lebanon and the Lebanese army was going to locations of Hezbollah ammunition stores and destroying them, but added that more time was needed to "achieve results".

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said any "renewal of hostilities would be a devastating blow for civilians still struggling to rebuild their lives."

"Regional and international mediators must ensure this truce evolves into a lasting ceasefire, with a firm commitment to protecting all civilians and civilian infrastructure," Maureen Philippon, Country Director NRC in Lebanon, said in a statement.

More than 100,000 people remain displaced across Lebanon and the continued presence of Israeli troops is preventing civilians from returning home, according to the NRC.