Saudi Arabia Offers $100 Million in Humanitarian Aid to Sudan

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, issued on Sunday directives to present humanitarian aid to Sudan worth $100 million.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, issued on Sunday directives to present humanitarian aid to Sudan worth $100 million.
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Saudi Arabia Offers $100 Million in Humanitarian Aid to Sudan

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, issued on Sunday directives to present humanitarian aid to Sudan worth $100 million.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, issued on Sunday directives to present humanitarian aid to Sudan worth $100 million.

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, issued on Sunday directives to present humanitarian aid to Sudan worth $100 million.

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has been tasked with overseeing the delivery of the aid and organizing a popular donation campaign through the “Sahem” platform.

The campaign is aimed at easing the suffering of the Sudanese people given the crisis they are enduring.

Advisor at the Royal Court and KSrelief Supervisor General, Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah, stressed that the assistance emanates from the keenness of King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed to stand by the people of Sudanese during their plight.

He expressed his gratitude for their noble stances, which are an extension of the Kingdom’s humanitarian role in standing with the needy across the globe.

He revealed that under the generous directives, relief, humanitarian, and medical aid will be provided to the displaced in Sudan.



Syria’s Leader Meets with Bahraini Diplomatic Delegation

The leader of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdul Latif Al-Zayani in Damascus, Syria, January 8, 2025. (Bahrain News Agency/Handout via Reuters)
The leader of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdul Latif Al-Zayani in Damascus, Syria, January 8, 2025. (Bahrain News Agency/Handout via Reuters)
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Syria’s Leader Meets with Bahraini Diplomatic Delegation

The leader of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdul Latif Al-Zayani in Damascus, Syria, January 8, 2025. (Bahrain News Agency/Handout via Reuters)
The leader of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdul Latif Al-Zayani in Damascus, Syria, January 8, 2025. (Bahrain News Agency/Handout via Reuters)

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa received a delegation from Bahrain on Wednesday and met with the Bahraini foreign minister, state media reported.

The visit was the latest in a flurry of diplomatic overtures by Arab countries to Syria’s new leaders after they overthrew former President Bashar al-Assad in a lightning rebel offensive.

Like other Gulf countries, Bahrain had cut off diplomatic ties with Syria under Assad’s rule during the Syrian civil war, but it reopened its embassy in Damascus in 2018 and gradually restored ties with the Assad government.

Bahrain is the current head of the Arab summit, and days after Assad’s ouster it had sent a message to al-Sharaa offering its cooperation with the new authorities and saying, “We look forward to Syria regaining its authentic role in the Arab League.”