Dialysis supplies dwindle for besieged Syrians
Author: AFPSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490476571914231800DOUMA: The wail sliced through the stuffy underground medical center in a besieged town near the Syrian capital. Dania, 14, was writhing in pain ahead of her first ever dialysis session.She was one of dozens of patients being treated for renal insufficiency inside a basement-turned-clinic in Douma, the largest town in the Eastern Ghouta […]
Explosion kills four soldiers in insurgency-infested Sinai
Author: REUTERS, APSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490476571904231500CAIRO: Four Egyptian soldiers were killed in an explosion that hit their armored vehicle on Saturday in the northern Sinai peninsula, where the government is battling a Daesh-led insurgency, security sources said.The incident occurred about 20 km south of the Mediterranean town of Al-Arish.An insurgency in Egypt’s rugged Sinai region has gained pace […]
Russia spurns French claim Raqqa ‘surrounded’
Author: AFPSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490476571944232100MOSCOW: Russia’s Army on Saturday dismissed a French claim that Raqqa, Daesh’s stronghold in Syria, was surrounded by troops who were poised to storm it, saying it had “no relation to reality.”Russia’s curt dismissal came a day after French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said the terror group’s de facto capital was “surrounded” and […]
Makkah governor to inspect 4 coastal cities and towns
Author: MOHAMMED AL-SULAMISun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490476529114212900 JEDDAH: Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal begins Sunday his inspection tours to the coastal cities and towns of Laith, Adhm, Qunfudhah and Ardiyat. Prince Khaled will be briefed on the development projects in these places, receive citizens and listen to their demands in the presence of heads of government agencies, the Makkah […]
Volunteer dentists donate skills to put smiles on 10,000 patients in Jeddah
Author: ARAB NEWSSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490476529114213200 JEDDAH: Every year, the last week in March is observed by GCC countries as “Oral Health Week” as part of a plan to promote preventive measures to reduce the incidence of oral and dental disease. Adopted in 2008 by GCC health ministers at their 65th conference held in Geneva, GCC Oral Health […]
Georgia keen to strengthen relationship with Saudi Arabia
Author: FOUZIA KHANSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490476529094212600RIYADH: George Janjgava, the Georgian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, told Arab News that his government is eager to strengthen the relationship between the two countries. The diplomatic relations between Georgia and the Kingdom were first established in 1994 and the Georgian Embassy opened two years ago. Since then economic relations have dramatically increased, […]
US featured innovative medical technologies at Riyadh event
Author: Ghazanfar Ali KhanSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490476529094212300 RIYADH: The United States Commercial Service, the trade promotion arm of the US Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration recently organized a US-Saudi Patient Day, which focused on medical technologies and procedures. The event highlighted American products that can save the lives of patients and enhance quality of life. Mark O’Grady, […]
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan to work closely within ‘Vision 2030’
Author: GHAZANFAR ALI KHANSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490475378904071300RIYADH: A senior Pakistani official said that Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will work closely within the framework of the Saudi Vision 2030 to provide the momentum to propel the Saudi nation toward a new era of prosperity. Tariq Fatemi, special assistant to the Pakistani prime minister on foreign affairs, said: “Pakistan, which […]
Houthi militias ‘violating Yemen education system’
Author: MOHAMMED AL-SULAMISun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490475378884070400 ADEN: Houthi militias and those of ousted Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh are hijacking education in Yemen, officials have said. School curriculums are being changed “in accordance with instructions of foreign agendas, to dictate sectarianism,” it has been reported. Maj. Gen. Hussein Arab, Yemen’s deputy premier and interior minister, said the militias […]
IDB, KAUST hold STEAM Innovation Challenge workshop in Jeddah
Author: AFSHAN AZIZSun, 2017-03-26ID: 1490475378854069800JEDDAH: The Islamic Development Bank Group (IDB) recently organized a two-day STEAM Innovation Challenge workshop in collaboration with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) at IDB headquarters in Jeddah.The STEAM workshop, which stands for science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics, was designed to support students creating solutions to solve local, regional […]
