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GCC Secretary-General Visits KSrelief Humanitarian and Developments Projects in Yemen

GCC Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi visits Aden General Hospital. (SPA)
GCC Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi visits Aden General Hospital. (SPA)
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GCC Secretary-General Visits KSrelief Humanitarian and Developments Projects in Yemen

GCC Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi visits Aden General Hospital. (SPA)
GCC Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi visits Aden General Hospital. (SPA)

Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi visited on Saturday Aden General Hospital to oversee the humanitarian and relief operations, and the development projects operated by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) in Yemen.

The projects are displayed at the hospital's exhibition area.

KSrelief has implemented 828 projects in Yemen, They cover a wide range of sectors, including health, agriculture and food security, education, water and environmental sanitation, security and protection sectors.

KSrelief has spent over USD4 billion on support and coordination of humanitarian operations in the war-torn country.

Saudi Arabia has been supporting Yemen for decades in various fields, including establishing Al-Salam Hospital in the Saada governorate in 1982 and the Saudi Hospital in the Hajjah Governorate in 1992.

Both facilities boast the latest medical equipment and enjoy an annual operating budget.

KSrelief has continuously supported various health institutions in Yemen.

Albudaiwi praised the great humanitarian role played by Saudi Arabia, which offers all forms of support to the Yemeni people through the implementation of vital programs and projects intended to ease the suffering of the needy.

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Syria's New Rulers Urge US to Lift Sanctions During Visit to Doha

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, meets Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha, Qatar, January 5, 2025. (SANA/Handout via Reuters)
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, meets Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha, Qatar, January 5, 2025. (SANA/Handout via Reuters)
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Syria's New Rulers Urge US to Lift Sanctions During Visit to Doha

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, meets Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha, Qatar, January 5, 2025. (SANA/Handout via Reuters)
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, meets Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha, Qatar, January 5, 2025. (SANA/Handout via Reuters)

Syria's new rulers said on Sunday that US sanctions on Syria were an obstacle to the war-torn country's rapid recovery and urged Washington to lift them during a visit by Syrian officials to Qatar.

"These sanctions constitute a barrier and an obstacle to the rapid recovery and development of the Syrian people who await services and partnerships from other countries," Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani told reporters after meeting with Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who also serves as foreign minister.

"We reiterate our calls for the United States to lift these sanctions, which have now become against the Syrian people rather than what they previously were: imposed sanctions on the Assad regime," he said.

Shibani, on his second foreign trip less than a month after former President Bashar al-Assad was ousted by opposition factions on Dec. 8, said that Qatar will be a partner in the new phase in Syria.

Doha had not normalized ties with Assad over his government's violent response to 2011 protests and backed the opposition instead.

Shibani, who was joined by Syrian Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra and Head of Intelligence Anas Khattab, met with other senior Qatari officials including Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Al-Khulaifi, a Qatari official told Reuters earlier.

Shibani presented the Qataris a clear roadmap for the near future in Syria and steps that would be taken by the new Syrian administration, Al-Khulaifi told reporters after the meeting.

"We are working together to prevent any foreign interference in Syrian affairs," Al-Khulaifi added.

Shibani said the roadmap is meant to "rebuild our country, restore its Arab and foreign relations, enable the Syrian people to obtain their civil and basic rights, and present a government that the Syrian people feel it represents them and all their components."

He is expected to also visit the United Arab Emirates and Jordan this week to "support stability, security, economic recovery and build distinguished partnerships," according to his account on X.

Shibani embarked on his first foreign trip to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday where Saudi officials discussed how best to support Syria's political transition.