Saudi Arabia steps up aid for Yemen child soldiers

A Yemeni boy poses with a rifle in Sanaa. (AFP)
Updated 02 August 2019
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Saudi Arabia steps up aid for Yemen child soldiers

  • KSRelief is expanding its research and work to help rehabilitate child soldiers in Yemen

NEW YORK: King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) is expanding its research and work to help rehabilitate child soldiers in Yemen.

The center outlined its expanded role while taking part in workshops with the advisory experts group of the International Coalition for the Rehabilitation of Child Soldiers, held at Columbia University in New York under the patronage of the UN.

The group gathers research and knowledge from non-government organizations and academics working in or studying the rehabilitation and reintegration of child soldiers.

Meanwhile, KSrelief signed an agreement to implement a project that will distribute garments, toys and gifts to Yemeni children during Eid Al-Adha. The project will help 15,000 children from poor families.


Saudi Minister Al-Jubeir attends Guyana Energy Conference, meets President Ali

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Saudi Minister Al-Jubeir attends Guyana Energy Conference, meets President Ali

RIYADH: Adel Al-Jubeir, the Saudi minister of state for foreign affairs, member of the Council of Ministers, and envoy for climate, is participating in the Guyana Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo at Georgetown, the Kingdom’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on X. 

Al-Jubeir has also met Guyana’s President Mohamed Irfaan Ali. The parties focused on bilateral relations and discussed ways to further strengthen cooperation between the two countries.

Al-Jubeir recently met Arnoldo Andre Tinoco, Costa Rica’s minister of foreign affairs and worship, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.