HAJJA: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has distributed 9,195 cartons of dates to displaced and affected families in a number of directorates in Hajjah governorate, benefiting thousands of people.
KSrelief also distributed 13,500 cartons of dates to families in Aden governorate.
This comes within the framework of the relief and humanitarian projects provided by Saudi Arabia, represented by KSrelief, in various sectors for Yemenis in all governorates without discrimination.
Meanwhile, the Emergency Center for Epidemic Diseases Control in Hajjah governorate has continued providing treatment services, backed by KSrelief. During the period from April 8-14, the clinics received 1,213 people with various health conditions, providing 600 people with medication.
KSrelief also distributed 16 tons of Ramadan food baskets in Benin, benefiting 19,200 individuals, and continued to distribute Ramadan food baskets across a number of regions in Sudan. As many as 67 tons of food was distributed in one day to needy families in Sudan, benefiting 12,240 people.
The center has implemented 1,556 projects worth more than $5 billion in 59 countries, carried out in cooperation with 144 local, regional and international partners.
Saudi aid agency continues relief projects in Yemen
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Saudi aid agency continues relief projects in Yemen
- KSrelief distributed 16 tons of Ramadan food baskets in Benin, benefiting 19,200 individuals, and continued to distribute Ramadan food baskets across a number of regions in Sudan
Saudi Arabia launches initiative to reroute Gulf cargo to Red Sea ports
- The initiative comes as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has been severely disrupted by the widening conflict in the region
- Since the US and Israel struck Iran last month, Tehran has moved to restrict passage through the waterway
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has launched an initiative to redirect shipping from ports in the Arabian Gulf to its Red Sea ports amid the ongoing US-Israel-Iran war.
Transport Minister Saleh Al-Jasser, who also chairs the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani), launched the Logistics Corridors Initiative alongside Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority Governor Suhail Abanmi, Mawani President Suliman Al-Mazroua, and other officials, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The initiative will establish dedicated operational corridors to receive containers and cargo redirected from ports in the Kingdom's Eastern Region and other Gulf Cooperation Council states to Jeddah Islamic Port and other Red Sea coast ports.
Al-Jasser said the Kingdom was committed to ensuring supply-chain stability and the smooth flow of goods through global trade routes. Jeddah Islamic Port and other west coast ports, he added, were already playing a key role in accommodating shipments redirected from the east, while also linking Gulf cargo to regional and international markets.
The initiative comes as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has been severely disrupted by the widening conflict in the region. Iran has long threatened to close the strait — the world's most critical oil and gas chokepoint, through which roughly a fifth of global oil supplies pass — in the event of a war.
Since the US and Israel struck Iran last month, Tehran has moved to restrict passage through the waterway, sending freight rates soaring and forcing shipping companies to seek alternative routes.
Saudi Arabia's Red Sea ports offer a viable bypass, connecting Gulf cargo to global markets without passing through the strait.
