Saudi leadership offers condolences to Kuwait on death of former Olympic committee president

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (SPA)
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Updated 26 February 2026
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Saudi leadership offers condolences to Kuwait on death of former Olympic committee president

  • Sheikh Salman Hamoud Al-Salman Al-Hamoud Al-Sabah died on Wednesday aged 90

RIYADH: The Saudi leadership expressed condolences to the Kuwaiti leadership following the death of Sheikh Salman Hamoud Al-Salman Al-Hamoud Al-Sabah, the former president of the Kuwait Olympic Committee.

King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman expressed their condolences and sympathy to Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Additionally, the crown prince sent a separate cable of condolences to his Kuwaiti counterpart, Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah.

Sheikh Salman died on Wednesday at the age of 90. He was the former president of both the Kuwait Football Federation and the Al-Arabi Sporting Club. Beginning his career as a football player at Al-Arabi in the 1950s, he dedicated 70 years to developing sports in the country.


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Residents in Saudi Arabia said they feel safe in the Kingdom on Sunday (March 1), following attacks from Israel and the US on Iran, which retaliated with attacks on Israel and nearby US targets in Arab Gulf cities.

Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei died in the attacks which began on Saturday, state media reported.

Witnesses reported blasts in the Dubai area and over Doha for a second day on Sunday.

Iran's retaliation for US-Israeli strikes forced major regional airports, including Dubai, to shut amid one of the worst instances of aviation disruption in years.