Saudi Reconstruction Program in Yemen Reaches Seiyun

The Saudi Reconstruction Program in Yemen (SRPY) announces a campaign to provide essential medical supplies to Seiyun General Hospital in the Hadramout.
The Saudi Reconstruction Program in Yemen (SRPY) announces a campaign to provide essential medical supplies to Seiyun General Hospital in the Hadramout.
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Saudi Reconstruction Program in Yemen Reaches Seiyun

The Saudi Reconstruction Program in Yemen (SRPY) announces a campaign to provide essential medical supplies to Seiyun General Hospital in the Hadramout.
The Saudi Reconstruction Program in Yemen (SRPY) announces a campaign to provide essential medical supplies to Seiyun General Hospital in the Hadramout.

The Saudi Reconstruction Program in Yemen (SRPY) announced a campaign to provide essential medical supplies to Seiyun General Hospital in the Hadramout province.

In addition to funding improvements to critical facilities, SRPY provided the hospital— Hadramout Valley’s largest—with 191 pieces of modern medical equipment and supplies, dramatically improving medical service capability.

Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Yemen and SRPY Supervisor Mohammed bin Saeed Al-Jabir said: “It is not enough to simply improve existing facilities. Hospital personnel must be provided with the proper resources to do their jobs.”

“The additional equipment and supplies expand our ability to provide services to our patients,” added the hospital administrator. “Assistance from SRPY is coming at a time when we need it most.”

Medical supplies and equipment provided include a CT scan machine, portable and fixed medical scanners, and operating room arc imaging and ultrasonic wave machines.

Enhancements at the Seiyun General Hospital also included its dental clinic and other departments.

The hospital administrator added: “The dental clinic is now fully supplied and the eye clinic, emergency department and family medicine clinic are equipped to render comprehensive service to members of our community.”

Last week, Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi and Ambassador Al-Jabir announced eight projects currently being implemented in neighboring Al Mahra governorate.

SRPY is carried out under the directives of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense.

SRPY links expertise, resources and state-of-the art technology in Yemen, enabling companies specialized in upgrading critical infrastructure, including civil, industrial, agricultural, educational and medical facilities, to expand their capabilities and capacity.

The program invests in hope by increasing jobs and economic opportunities for all of the nation’s citizens and welcomes international efforts to invest in a resilient future for Yemen.



UN Migration Agency Head: Interim Syria Leaders Recognize Challenges Ahead

Two men wait to pass through the checkpoint on the way to Daraa, Syria, 17 December 2024. EPA/ANTONIO PEDRO SANTOS
Two men wait to pass through the checkpoint on the way to Daraa, Syria, 17 December 2024. EPA/ANTONIO PEDRO SANTOS
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UN Migration Agency Head: Interim Syria Leaders Recognize Challenges Ahead

Two men wait to pass through the checkpoint on the way to Daraa, Syria, 17 December 2024. EPA/ANTONIO PEDRO SANTOS
Two men wait to pass through the checkpoint on the way to Daraa, Syria, 17 December 2024. EPA/ANTONIO PEDRO SANTOS

The head of the UN migration agency said she was reassured by commitments she heard from Syria’s new caretaker government in meetings in Damascus, as the country seeks to rebuild after more than a half-century of rule under the Assad family.

Amy Pope, director-general of the International Organization for Migration, said in a phone interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday that Syria’s new leaders “recognize the job they have ahead of them is enormous and that they need the support of the international community.”

IOM estimates about 100,000 people — many looking to return to their former homes — have entered Syria from neighboring countries since Dec. 8, the day former President Bashar Assad fled the country as opposition fighters swarmed into the capital.

“We are also seeing about 85,000 people come out” into Lebanon through established border crossing points, she said. “It’s a rough figure: There’s certainly people who cross informally and so they’re not counted.”

Most of those found to be leaving are Shiites, she said.

“There’s no question to me that at this moment in time, they are looking for ways to make this work, to be more inclusive, to build partnerships across the international community, to build partnerships with other governments,” Pope said of the caretaker government. “It’s just going to be a question of whether they can deliver.”

IOM said Pope was one of the first heads of a UN agency to visit Syria since Assad’s ouster, and she met with unspecified members of the caretaker government on Tuesday, as well as UN officials and advocacy groups.

She reaffirmed the IOM's commitment to Syria. The organization has been providing assistance to people in the country since 2014 and is seeking $30 million in urgent aid funding for the next four months to try to help nearly 685,000 people in the northwest of the country.