Over 39 tons of food baskets distributed in Lebanon

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Saudi aid agency continues relief projects across the world. (SPA)
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Saudi aid agency continues relief projects across the world. (SPA)
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Updated 11 April 2023
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Over 39 tons of food baskets distributed in Lebanon

  • The center also distributed 56 tons of food baskets in Borno, Nigeria, benefiting 5,736 people as part of the 2023 feeding basket project in Nigeria

RIYADH: King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center recently distributed 39 tons of food baskets to Syrian and Palestinian refugees, as well as needy families in Akkar governorate in Lebanon. This distribution is part of a larger project aimed at supporting food security in Lebanon throughout 2023.
The center also distributed 56 tons of food baskets in Borno, Nigeria, benefiting 5,736 people as part of the 2023 feeding basket project in Nigeria.
Meanwhile in Yemen, mobile nutrition clinics, an initiative launched by the center, have continued their treatment services in the Yemeni district of Al-Khawkhah.
In late March, the clinics received 4,217 patients with various health conditions and provided them with necessary medical services. The clinics also provided 3,266 individuals with medications.
The center also continued implementing the water supply and environmental sanitation project in the directorates of Midi, Hiran, Haradh, and Abs, and Al-Azhur camp in the directorate of Razih.
Also, about 8,104,000 liters of usable water and 666,000 liters of potable water were pumped in Hajjah, in addition to carrying out 52 waste removal operations in the camps.
In Saada governorate on Yemen, 70,000 liters of potable water, and 70,000 liters of usable water were also pumped, benefiting 30,100 people.
 

 

 


Saudi, Pakistan defense chiefs discuss ‘measures needed to halt’ Iranian attacks on Kingdom

Updated 07 March 2026
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Saudi, Pakistan defense chiefs discuss ‘measures needed to halt’ Iranian attacks on Kingdom

RIYADH: Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman and Pakistan’s  Chief of Defense Forces Asim Munir discussed Iran’s attacks on the Kingdom, amid the escalating military conflict in the Middle East. 

“We discussed Iranian attacks on the Kingdom and the measures needed to halt them within the framework of our Joint Strategic Defense Agreement,” Prince Khalid wrote on social media early on Saturday.

“We stressed that such actions undermine regional security and stability and expressed hope that the Iranian side will exercise wisdom and avoid miscalculation.”

The US and Israel began a large-scale military campaign against Iran on Feb. 28. Iran has since attacked a number of sites across the Gulf.

Tehran has also attacked US and Israeli military assets as the war as escalated, impacting lives in the peaceful Arabian Gulf peninsula and risked shaking the global economy as Iran continued restricting energy shipping along the Strait of Hormuz.

The Saudi Defense Ministry said a number of drones had been shot down that were targeting the Shayba oil field in the Empty Quarter on Saturday.

A drone attacked the US embassy in Riyadh on Tuesday causing a minor fire, but no one was hurt in the incident.

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a “Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement”  in September, pledging that aggression against one country would be treated as an attack on both.

Separately, Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif, the Saudi interior minister, received a call from his Pakistani counterpart Raza Naqvi, who condemned the blatant attacks targeting the Kingdom and affirmed his country’s solidarity in confronting any threats to the Kingdom’s security and stability, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday.