Gulf states take part in 92nd Saudi National Day festivities

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A folk band performed national Saudi songs to mark the 92nd Saudi National Day at Bahrain International Airport. (Bahrain News Agency)
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Staff at Bahrain International Airport presented Saudi travelers with souvenirs. (Bahrain News Agency)
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Bahrain International Airport welcomed Saudi passengers arriving from the Kingdom. (Bahrain News Agency)
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Saudi passengers received a special passport stamp designed with “UAE-Saudi together forever” and the Saudi National Day logo. (Twitter: @GDRFADUBAI)
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The passport control’s smart gates at Dubai International Airport were turned green after the color of the Saudi flag. (Twitter: @GDRFADUBAI)
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Updated 24 September 2022
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Gulf states take part in 92nd Saudi National Day festivities

  • Dubai airport staff received Saudi travelers with flowers, flags, sweets, and souvenirs as part of nationwide celebrations

DUBAI: Saudi visitors arriving at Gulf states were welcomed at the airports in celebration of the 92nd Saudi National Day.

Dubai International Airport held a series of festivities on Friday where the passport control’s smart gates were turned green after the color of the Saudi flag.
Airport staff received Saudi travelers with flowers, flags, sweets, and souvenirs as part of nationwide celebrations that “reaffirm the deeply-rooted ties and strategic relations between both countries,” said the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai.

 


A special stamp, designed with “UAE-Saudi together forever” and the Saudi National Day logo, was created for the day.
Similar celebrations were held at Bahrain International Airport where staff carried the Saudi flag and presented souvenirs to passengers arriving from Saudi Arabia.
A folk band performed national Saudi songs to mark the occasion.
Oman also carried out celebrations at the Empty Quarter border crossing in the presence of the Saudi ambassador to Oman Abdullah bin Saud Al-Enezi. The ceremony saw musical performance by folk bands, paragliding shows, and other activities.

 

 

 


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Thousands stage pro-Gaza rally in Istanbul

  • Thousands joined a New Year’s Day rally for Gaza in Istanbul Thursday, waving Palestinian and Turkish flags and calling for an end to the violence in the tiny war-torn territory
ISTANBUL: Thousands joined a New Year’s Day rally for Gaza in Istanbul Thursday, waving Palestinian and Turkish flags and calling for an end to the violence in the tiny war-torn territory.
Demonstrators gathered in freezing temperatures under cloudless blue skies to march to the city’s Galata Bridge for a rally under the slogan: “We won’t remain silent, we won’t forget Palestine,” an AFP reporter at the scene said.
More than 400 civil society organizations were present at the rally, one of whose organizers was Bilal Erdogan, the youngest son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Police sources and Anadolou state news agency said some 500,000 people had joined the march at which there were speeches and a performance by Lebanese-born singer Maher Zain of his song “Free Palestine.”
“We are praying that 2026 will bring goodness for our entire nation and for the oppressed Palestinians,” said Erdogan, who chairs the board of the Ilim Yayma Foundation, an educational charity that was one of the organizers of the march.
Turkiye has been one of the most vocal critics of the war in Gaza and helped broker a recent ceasefire that halted the deadly war waged by Israel in response to Hamas’s unprecedented attack on October 7, 2023.
But the fragile October 10 ceasefire has not stopped the violence with more than more than 400 Palestinians killed since it took hold.