Gulf states take part in 92nd Saudi National Day festivities

1 / 5
A folk band performed national Saudi songs to mark the 92nd Saudi National Day at Bahrain International Airport. (Bahrain News Agency)
2 / 5
Staff at Bahrain International Airport presented Saudi travelers with souvenirs. (Bahrain News Agency)
3 / 5
Bahrain International Airport welcomed Saudi passengers arriving from the Kingdom. (Bahrain News Agency)
4 / 5
Saudi passengers received a special passport stamp designed with “UAE-Saudi together forever” and the Saudi National Day logo. (Twitter: @GDRFADUBAI)
5 / 5
The passport control’s smart gates at Dubai International Airport were turned green after the color of the Saudi flag. (Twitter: @GDRFADUBAI)
Short Url
Updated 24 September 2022
Follow

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.

 

 

 


Kurdish Rudaw website reports around 1500 Daesh members escaped from Syria’s Shaddadi prison

Updated 20 January 2026
Follow

Kurdish Rudaw website reports around 1500 Daesh members escaped from Syria’s Shaddadi prison

CAIRO: The Kurdish website ​Rudaw reported that a spokesperson for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Farhad Shami, ‌said ‌around ‌1500 Daesh members ‌escaped from Syria’s Shaddadi prison.
Earlier, the Syrian army said “a number ⁠of” Daesh militants ‌had escaped ‍a ‍prison that ‍had been under SDF control in the eastern ​city of Shaddadi, accusing the ⁠SDF of releasing them. The army did not say how many escaped.