Saudi Arabia Reiterates Support for Yemeni People

Saudi Arabia Reiterates Support for Yemeni People
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Saudi Arabia Reiterates Support for Yemeni People

Saudi Arabia Reiterates Support for Yemeni People

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) in Yemen provided about $4 billion-worth assistance distributed through more than 625 projects and programs covering various vital sectors.

Advisor at the Royal Court and General Supervisor of KSRelief Abdullah al-Rabeeah met with Yemeni Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Muammar al-Eryani at the center's headquarters in Riyadh.

Rabeeah affirmed that the center would continue to provide humanitarian and relief support for the Yemeni people in implementation of the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense.

The Advisor reviewed the relief and humanitarian projects provided by the Kingdom to Yemen through KSrelief, which are 625 projects worth $3,914,815,000, including health, education, food security, water, environmental sanitation, shelter, protection sectors.

Eryani said they discussed the humanitarian situation in Marib and the essential and urgent humanitarian needs of the displaced persons, especially after the terrorist attacks of the Houthi militia.

The Yemeni Minister lauded the center's urgent response to the humanitarian appeal of families in Juba district in Marib, who were forced to flee their homes due to the Houthi militia's aggression on their village.

KSrelief provided shelter and food materials to these families as part of the urgent response to help the Yemeni people in crisis.

He said that the Houthi militia had displaced over 16,000 families from their homes during the past weeks in Abdiya, Juba, and Harib, south of Marib.

The Minister expressed his thanks and appreciation to King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for all the sincere, noble, and fraternal efforts provided by Saudi Arabia to the Yemeni people either directly or through its support for the international organizations working there.

Eryani stressed that hadn't it been for the exceptional efforts and sincere fraternal stances of Saudi Arabia, the situation would have had unimaginable consequences.

He relayed the gratitude and appreciation of President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi, the Yemeni government, and the Yemeni people.

According to the Minister, the Yemenis feel the world has turned a blind eye to the Houthi massacres and has not taken any deterrent measures to stop the war crimes.

He called on the UN and the international community to launch the procedures for classifying the Houthi militia as a terrorist group and prosecuting its leaders in the International Criminal Court (ICC).



Kuwait Jails 13 Citizens, Fines them $87 Mn for Hezbollah Funding

A general view of the Kuwait Palace of Justice in Kuwait City, June 16, 2013. (Reuters)
A general view of the Kuwait Palace of Justice in Kuwait City, June 16, 2013. (Reuters)
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Kuwait Jails 13 Citizens, Fines them $87 Mn for Hezbollah Funding

A general view of the Kuwait Palace of Justice in Kuwait City, June 16, 2013. (Reuters)
A general view of the Kuwait Palace of Justice in Kuwait City, June 16, 2013. (Reuters)

Kuwait’s Court of Cassation on Monday sentenced 13 citizens to three years in prison for raising funds through a charity to support Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

The court also fined them 27 million Kuwaiti dinars ($87 million), overturning a previous acquittal by a lower court.

The court that issued the sentencing was presided over by Judge Abdullah Jassim Al-Abdullah.

Initially, the Criminal Court had acquitted the defendants, citing the absence of legislation explicitly criminalizing unlicensed fundraising for public purposes since the establishment of Kuwait's Social Affairs Department on December 14, 1954.

The court said this legal gap limited its authority under Article 132 of the Code of Criminal Procedures and Trials. However, the decision was reversed by the higher court.

The defendants had been interrogated in November 2021 over alleged financial support to organizations linked to Hezbollah.

At the time, the Public Prosecution ordered their detention, and security authorities conducted extensive investigations into financial transfers suspected of funding such groups in Lebanon.

The case dates back to November 2021. The charges included significant financial transfers made over several years to foreign entities, including in Lebanon, prompting authorities to scrutinize transaction records.

The defendants denied the charges, claiming they had worked with a charity committee for 30 years, primarily sponsoring orphans in Lebanon and other countries.

In March 2024, the Court of Cassation classified Hezbollah as a banned terrorist group, describing it as an armed organization working to undermine Kuwait’s system and spread Iran’s revolutionary ideology.

The ruling officially confirmed Hezbollah’s designation as a terrorist entity under Kuwaiti law.