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KSrelief Distributes Food Aid in Sudan, Yemen

KSrelief humanitarian aid is part of the relief efforts that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia provides through the center to support countries and people in need worldwide - SPA
KSrelief humanitarian aid is part of the relief efforts that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia provides through the center to support countries and people in need worldwide - SPA
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KSrelief Distributes Food Aid in Sudan, Yemen

KSrelief humanitarian aid is part of the relief efforts that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia provides through the center to support countries and people in need worldwide - SPA
KSrelief humanitarian aid is part of the relief efforts that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia provides through the center to support countries and people in need worldwide - SPA

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) distributed 3,534 food baskets to 278 of the neediest families in several Yemeni governorate.

This operation is part of the 2024 Yemen Food Assistance Distribution Project. Up to 23,327 individuals benefited from the assistance, according to SPA.
Committed to granting humanitarian aid, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will distribute, through KSrelief, food aid to 253,659 people in need in nine Yemeni governorates. This year-long project targets displaced and vulnerable families affected by the crisis.

The Riyadh-based center also distributed 930 food baskets in Gedaref State, Sudan, benefiting 4,420 individuals. The aid is part of the second phase of the food security support project in Sudan for this year.

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Iraq, UK Agree on Trade Package Worth up to $15 Billion, Defense Deal

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (R) and Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (L) shake hands during their meeting in Downing Street in London, Britain, 14 January 2025. (EPA)
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (R) and Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (L) shake hands during their meeting in Downing Street in London, Britain, 14 January 2025. (EPA)
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Iraq, UK Agree on Trade Package Worth up to $15 Billion, Defense Deal

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (R) and Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (L) shake hands during their meeting in Downing Street in London, Britain, 14 January 2025. (EPA)
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (R) and Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (L) shake hands during their meeting in Downing Street in London, Britain, 14 January 2025. (EPA)

Iraq and Britain have agreed on a trade package worth up to 12.3 billion pounds ($14.98 billion) and a bilateral defense deal, the Iraqi and British prime ministers said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

The deal, envisaging more than 10 times the total of bilateral trade in 2024, was announced after a meeting between Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and British counterpart Keir Starmer at the latter's Downing Street offices.

It includes a 1.2-billion-pound project in which British-made power transmission systems will be used for a grid interconnection project between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, as well as a 500-million-pound plan to upgrade the Al-Qayyarah air base in northern Iraq.

A water infrastructure project by a UK-led consortium that will help provide clean water in arid southern and western Iraq is also part of the deal, the statement said. The project would be worth up to 5.3 billion pounds in UK exports.

Sudani and Starmer also signed a defense deal that "establishes the basis for a new era in security cooperation".

Sudani said earlier that the UK-Iraqi security deal would develop bilateral military ties after last year's announcement that the US-led coalition set up to fight ISIS would end its work in Iraq in 2026.

The Iraqi premier began an official visit to the United Kingdom on Monday amid historic geopolitical shifts in the Middle East.

Iraq is trying to avoid becoming a conflict zone once again amid a period of regional upheaval that has seen Iran's allies Hamas degraded in Gaza and Hezbollah battered in Lebanon during wars with Israel, and Bashar al-Assad toppled in Syria.