Cultural Development Fund Is Strategic Partner for FII Institute

The signing ceremony in London. (FII Institute)
The signing ceremony in London. (FII Institute)
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Cultural Development Fund Is Strategic Partner for FII Institute

The signing ceremony in London. (FII Institute)
The signing ceremony in London. (FII Institute)

The Cultural Development Fund signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute, reported the Saudi Press Agency on Thursday

The agreement was signed during its first international summit in London, entitled "Social, Environmental and Comprehensive Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets".

It aims to activate the Fund's pioneering role by supporting investment and development fields in the cultural sector.

The signing ceremony took place in the presence of the head of the Strategy Sector representing the Fund, Naglaa bint Suleiman Al-Numeer, and FII Institute CEO Richard Attias.

CEO of the Cultural Development Fund, Mohammed bin Abdurrahman Dayel said the Fund's participation in this huge global economic event will help strengthen its position among global financial and investment institutions, and highlight investment opportunities in the culture sector.

Attias expressed his great happiness with this partnership, stressing that the strategic partners have unique experience in various fields.

This will help support the FII's mission as a global non-profit organization in making a positive impact that serves humanity.

Collectively, through its four domains, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Education, Healthcare and Sustainability, each partner has its pivotal efforts to achieve this goal, he added.



Syrian Air Says It Is Resuming Its Direct Flights to UAE on Sunday

 Travellers are welcomed at Damascus's airport. (AFP file)
Travellers are welcomed at Damascus's airport. (AFP file)
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Syrian Air Says It Is Resuming Its Direct Flights to UAE on Sunday

 Travellers are welcomed at Damascus's airport. (AFP file)
Travellers are welcomed at Damascus's airport. (AFP file)

Syria's flag carrier Syrian Air will resume direct flights to Dubai and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates starting on Sunday, the airline said in a Facebook post.

All flights between Syria and the UAE had been suspended in January after opposition factions toppled former leader Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.

The announcement comes days after the UAE's civil aviation authority announced the resumption of air flights between the Gulf country and Syria. No UAE-based airlines have announced plans to fly to Syria so far.

The resumption of flights between the two countries followed Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s first visit to the UAE as leader, where he met UAE's President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.