Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ula hosts Ecotrail running race for first time

EcoTrail was founded in Paris in 2008 for promoting & organizing eco friendly trail running races while highlighting local heritage. (Supplied)
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Updated 28 January 2020
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Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ula hosts Ecotrail running race for first time

RIYADH: Runners will get a chance to explore Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ula site as part of the Ecotrail running race to be held for the first time at the city. 

The event will be held on Feb. 8 as part of the Winter in Tantora Festival. 

The run will take place at the at the UNESCO World Heritage Site regarded as the Kingdom’s archeological treasure. 

The runners will compete in 83km,45km and 10km distances through the city’s majestic sandstone mountains and canyons. 

Meanwhile, explorers can enjoy a 10km hike that will take them through the tombs, historic sites and monuments representing tens of thousands of years of human history.

EcoTrail was founded in Paris in 2008 to promote and organize eco friendly trail running races while highlighting local heritage.


Saudi leadership sends cables of condolences after passing of former Jordanian prime minister 

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (File/SPA)
Updated 05 February 2026
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Saudi leadership sends cables of condolences after passing of former Jordanian prime minister 

  • Obeidat was prime minister and minister of defense from 1984 to 1985, minister of interior between 1982 and 1984
  • He died on Monday at the age of 88

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent separate cables of condolence to Jordan’s King Abdullah II after the passing of former prime minister Ahmad Obeidat.

Obeidat was prime minister and minister of defense from 1984 to 1985, minister of interior between 1982 and 1984, and director of the General Intelligence Directorate between 1974 and 1982. He died on Monday at the age of 88. 

King Salman extended his “deepest condolences” to King Abdullah and the family of the deceased, praying that God grant Obeidat forgiveness and have mercy on him.

The crown prince sent a similar cable to King Abdullah.