RIYADH: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) on Wednesday distributed Ramadan food packages in Niger, Bangladesh, and Lebanon.
The Ramadan scheme benefited this year thousands of families in different cities around the world, on Wednesday more than 30 tons of food packages were distributed in Niger, and in excess of 64 tons was received in Bangladesh and 3 tons in Albania.
The center also distributed over 32 tons of food packages to the Syrian and Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, as part of the project aimed at supporting food security in Lebanon during the holy month of Ramadan .
In Bangladesh also KSrelief distributed 345 shelter bags to people affected by the floods and torrents, the aid comes within the shelter projects provided by Saudi Arabia to the neediest families in the various affected areas.
KSrelief Ramadan food packages distributed across world to support food security
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KSrelief Ramadan food packages distributed across world to support food security
- The Ramadan scheme benefited this year thousands of families in different cities around the world
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.
