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.



Blinken Says Syria's HTS Should Learn from Taliban Isolation

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers a statement to the press after the meeting with the foreign ministers of the Arab Contact Group on Syria in Jordan's southern city of Aqaba on December 14, 2024. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers a statement to the press after the meeting with the foreign ministers of the Arab Contact Group on Syria in Jordan's southern city of Aqaba on December 14, 2024. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
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Blinken Says Syria's HTS Should Learn from Taliban Isolation

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers a statement to the press after the meeting with the foreign ministers of the Arab Contact Group on Syria in Jordan's southern city of Aqaba on December 14, 2024. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers a statement to the press after the meeting with the foreign ministers of the Arab Contact Group on Syria in Jordan's southern city of Aqaba on December 14, 2024. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Wednesday on Syria's triumphant HTS opposition group to follow through on promises of inclusion, saying it can learn a lesson from the isolation of Afghanistan's Taliban.
The movement supported by Türkiye has promised to protect minorities since its lightning offensive toppled strongman Bashar al-Assad this month following years of stalemate, AFP reported.
"The Taliban projected a more moderate face, or at least tried to, in taking over Afghanistan, and then its true colors came out. The result is it remains terribly isolated around the world," Blinken said at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
After some initial overtures to the West, the Taliban reimposed strict restrictions including barring women and girls from secondary school and university.
"So if you're the emerging group in Syria," Blinken said, "if you don't want that isolation, then there's certain things that you have to do in moving the country forward."
Blinken called for a "non-sectarian" Syrian government that protects minorities and addresses security concerns, including keeping the fight against the ISIS group and removing lingering chemical weapons stockpiles.
Blinken said that HTS can also learn lessons from Assad on the need to reach a political settlement with other groups.
"Assad's utter refusal to engage in any kind of political process is one of the things that sealed his downfall," Blinken said.