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Saudi Humanitarian Relief Continues across Syria, Yemen, Jordan

Member of the Saudi Project for Utilization of Hajj Meat helps with allocating Adahi meat, The Saudi Project for Utilization of Hajj Meat official website
Member of the Saudi Project for Utilization of Hajj Meat helps with allocating Adahi meat, The Saudi Project for Utilization of Hajj Meat official website
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Saudi Humanitarian Relief Continues across Syria, Yemen, Jordan

Member of the Saudi Project for Utilization of Hajj Meat helps with allocating Adahi meat, The Saudi Project for Utilization of Hajj Meat official website
Member of the Saudi Project for Utilization of Hajj Meat helps with allocating Adahi meat, The Saudi Project for Utilization of Hajj Meat official website

Riyadh- King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid (KSRelief) continued distributing aid to 507,310 displaced people in Syrian governorates of Aleppo and Hama, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

According to the Tuesday SPA statement, aid includes clothes, cooking appliances, family hygiene products, gas heaters, blankets and sponge bed mattresses.

All relief efforts are in compliance directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to alleviate the sufferings of displaced people in Syria.

Syria has spiraled down into disastrous humanitarian conditions as civil war ripped throughout the country.
More on the aid foundation’s relief works in the region, KSRelief sponsored the second mosquito pesticide preemption wide-area spray in Yemen.

Mosquitos are carriers of dengue fever. Yemen’s Tarim Directorate and the Hadramout Governorate were a part of the Dengue Control Project financed by the Saudi body.

This campaign is a part of a series of efforts which proved successful with eliminating mosquitoes carrying dengue fever.

No affected case has been registered until this very moment in the Directorate of Tarim, reported SPA. About 153,516 people benefit off the protective effort.

Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Jordan also contributed to the distribution of 24,000 cattle heads, a part of the ‘Adhi venison’ allocated yearly to the poor. The meat was provided by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and given to refugees and poor people in Jordan.

Saudi Deputy Ambassador in Jordan Mohammed Al-Ateeq visited one of the distribution centers accompanied by representatives of Islamic Development Bank and a delegation from Jordanian Ministry of Interior and were briefed on the distribution mechanism of sacrificial meat in 12 Jordanian governorates.

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Reports: US to Withdraw All Troops from Syria

A US Army patrol in the Syrian city of Qamishli (Reuters file photo)
A US Army patrol in the Syrian city of Qamishli (Reuters file photo)
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Reports: US to Withdraw All Troops from Syria

A US Army patrol in the Syrian city of Qamishli (Reuters file photo)
A US Army patrol in the Syrian city of Qamishli (Reuters file photo)

The United States is planning to withdraw all of its 1,000 troops from Syria over the next two months, according to US media reports.

Washington will end its presence in the country after the Syrian government extended its control over the country and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces once key to fighting ISIS pledged to integrate into the state, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Television network CBS also reported on the plan, citing unnamed US officials.

The decision comes after US forces recently withdrew from some bases
in Syria including Al-Tanf and Al-Shadadi, which were used in the US-led international coalition's fight against ISIS, AFP reported.

The US is building up its military capabilities near Iran, where officials have vowed to respond to any attack by laying siege to American military outposts in the region.

US media reported Wednesday that Washington will be ready to launch strikes against Iran as early as this weekend, though Trump has reportedly not made a final decision yet.

The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Canada Eases Sanctions on Syria

13 February 2026, Bavaria, Munich: Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, arrives at the Bavarian Hof for the 62nd Munich Security Conference. Photo: Felix Hörhager/dpa
13 February 2026, Bavaria, Munich: Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, arrives at the Bavarian Hof for the 62nd Munich Security Conference. Photo: Felix Hörhager/dpa
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Canada Eases Sanctions on Syria

13 February 2026, Bavaria, Munich: Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, arrives at the Bavarian Hof for the 62nd Munich Security Conference. Photo: Felix Hörhager/dpa
13 February 2026, Bavaria, Munich: Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, arrives at the Bavarian Hof for the 62nd Munich Security Conference. Photo: Felix Hörhager/dpa

Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand said on Wednesday that Canada had amended its economic sanctions on Syria ‌to ease ‌restrictions related ‌to the ⁠import and export ⁠of goods, investment activities and the provision of financial and other ⁠services, according to Reuters.

"The amendments also ‌remove ‌24 entities and ‌one individual from ‌the Syria Regulations to reduce barriers to economic activity and ‌to enable transactions with state-affiliated entities ⁠in ⁠key sectors critical to Syria’s recovery," Anand said in a statement.

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Tetteh: Despite UN Engagement, No Progress in Libya Roadmap

Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Hanna Tetteh Getty)
Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Hanna Tetteh Getty)
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Tetteh: Despite UN Engagement, No Progress in Libya Roadmap

Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Hanna Tetteh Getty)
Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Hanna Tetteh Getty)

The UN’s top envoy for Libya, Hanna Tetteh, has informed the Security Council that despite active United Nations engagement, the Libyan House of Representatives and the High Council of State have failed to make progress on the first steps of the agreed political roadmap, including establishing a mechanism to select the board of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) and advancing electoral legislation.

Briefing the Council in New York on Wednesday, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General said: “Their inability to use their agreed mechanism and follow-on unilateral actions has further eroded their credibility."

Tetteh added that Libyan public perceptions reflect a growing belief that the bodies are “unable or unwilling” to deliver.

She told Council members that she has begun consultations with key actors on an alternative two-step approach aimed at restoring momentum. Should a smaller group of Libyan representatives fail to agree on the roadmap’s milestones, she warned, a broader convening would be required. “We cannot wait indefinitely,” she emphasized.

The UN envoy also issued a stark warning about escalating tensions within Libya’s judicial system.

She said “contradictory, parallel judicial decisions put into jeopardy the unity of the legal and judicial systems,” cautioning that the situation “is a red line that if crossed can undermine the unity of the state.”

She urged Libyan leaders to refrain from further escalatory steps and called on the Council to hold accountable those taking actions that threaten to fracture the judiciary.

Tetteh also warned that transnational criminal networks continue to expand, turning Libya into a major transit hub for drug trafficking and sustaining illicit economies linked to corruption and armed groups.