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King Salman Chairs King Abdulaziz Foundation Board of Directors Meeting

King Salman bin Abdulaziz chairs the King Abdulaziz Foundation's 49th Board of Directors meeting. (SPA)
King Salman bin Abdulaziz chairs the King Abdulaziz Foundation's 49th Board of Directors meeting. (SPA)
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King Salman Chairs King Abdulaziz Foundation Board of Directors Meeting

King Salman bin Abdulaziz chairs the King Abdulaziz Foundation's 49th Board of Directors meeting. (SPA)
King Salman bin Abdulaziz chairs the King Abdulaziz Foundation's 49th Board of Directors meeting. (SPA)

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz chaired at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on Monday the King Abdulaziz Foundation's 49th Board of Directors meeting, reported the Saudi Press Agency.

The Board issued a number of resolutions concerning the Foundation's works and activities, including the development of King Salman Prize for Studies and Research of the History of the Arabian Peninsula.

After the meeting, Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, President of Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage, delivered to the King the Sharjah International Award for Cultural Heritage in the field of best practices for the preservation of the cultural heritage.

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Saudi Arabia Condemns Israel’s Decision to Expand Settlement of Golan Heights

An Israeli military vehicle rides by the ceasefire line between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syria, as seen from Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, December 15, 2024. (Reuters)
An Israeli military vehicle rides by the ceasefire line between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syria, as seen from Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, December 15, 2024. (Reuters)
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Saudi Arabia Condemns Israel’s Decision to Expand Settlement of Golan Heights

An Israeli military vehicle rides by the ceasefire line between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syria, as seen from Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, December 15, 2024. (Reuters)
An Israeli military vehicle rides by the ceasefire line between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syria, as seen from Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, December 15, 2024. (Reuters)

Saudi Arabia condemned on Sunday the Israeli government’s decision to expand settlements in the occupied Golan Heights “as it continues to sabotage attempts for Syria to restore its security and stability.”

A Foreign Ministry statement called on the international community to condemn these Israeli violations, stressing the need to respect Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The Golan Heights are Syrian Arab lands, it added.

Israel agreed on Sunday to double its population on the Golan Heights.

"Strengthening the Golan is strengthening the State of Israel, and it is especially important at this time. We will continue to hold onto it, cause it to blossom, and settle in it," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.

Israel captured most of the strategic plateau from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War, annexing it in 1981.