KSrelief provides aid for needy in Guinea, Turkiye

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Updated 31 July 2024
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KSrelief provides aid for needy in Guinea, Turkiye

RIYADH: The Kingdom’s aid agency KSrelief has provided healthcare services for people in Guinea and Turkiye over the past few weeks, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday.

In Conakry, Guinea, the Noor Saudi Arabia program, aimed at helping those with visual challenges, provided services between July 15 and 23.

Medical staffers completed 6,500 examinations, distributed 1,100 spectacles, and carried out 450 operations.

In Turkiye’s Reyhanli city on Sunday, a medical project was launched which provided 235 therapy sessions, and fitted 12 prosthetic limbs as well as 28 custom orthotic braces.

The project, from July 27 to Aug. 4, comprises 12 volunteers of the Saudi Life Volunteer Program to assist earthquake victims in Syria and Turkiye.


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

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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 attack 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.”