First batch of Iraqi Hajj pilgrims arrive on Saturday

In this file photo, an Iraqi tour guide (L) wearing a waistcoat with the Iraqi flag and written in Arabic, "Iraqi Pilgrims" stands on hand as his clients go through passport control at the Arar southern Iraqi border crossing with Saudi Arabia. (AFP)
Updated 27 July 2018
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First batch of Iraqi Hajj pilgrims arrive on Saturday

JEDDAH: Northern Border Gov. Prince Faisal bin Khalid bin Sultan will receive the first batch of Iraqi pilgrims arriving, on Saturday, in Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj rituals.
Prince Faisal called on all government sectors to harness all their efforts to cater to the needs of the pilgrims and to provide the best services for them so as to facilitate their arrival to perform Hajj rituals.
He underscored that Saudi Arabia is exerting all its efforts to improve the level of services offered to the pilgrims, in line with the directives of King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.


KSrelief transfers Gaza girl to Jordan for cancer treatment

Updated 26 December 2025
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KSrelief transfers Gaza girl to Jordan for cancer treatment

  • Roza Al-Dreimli in Jordan because Israel destroyed Gaza hospitals
  • Under assessment, monitoring at the King Hussein Cancer Center

AMMAN: A cancer-stricken Palestinian girl from Gaza is now undergoing clinical observation prior to treatment at a specialist hospital in Jordan, thanks to Saudi Arabia’s aid agency KSrelief.

Roza Al-Dreimli was transported to Amman from the Gaza Strip through the initiative of KSrelief, as a part of Saudi Arabia’s continued medical support for Palestinians, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday.

Al-Dreimli was prioritized because assessments indicated the need for advanced treatment of cancerous cells at the base of her brain. She is at the King Hussein Cancer Center, and being treated by a team of pediatricians.

She is currently undergoing “intensive clinical monitoring” to “ensure control of the condition, and prevent any potential neurological or visual complications resulting from the tumor’s location,” the SPA reported.

Al-Dreimli’s family expressed profound gratitude for KSrelief’s swift intervention, and hoped the specialized care would ensure a full recovery.

Such specialized care is currently unavailable in the Gaza Strip because of Israel’s alleged genocidal destruction of hospitals and killing of medical workers since Oct. 7, 2023.

Israel has systematically destroyed homes and commercial buildings and infrastructure in the Palestinian enclave, killing over 70,000 Palestinians, many of them unarmed men, women and children, and injuring more than 170,000.

Tel Aviv has stated that its actions were in retaliation to a raid by Hamas of Israeli border villages, during which the militant group reportedly killed more than 1,200 people and took 254 hostages.