RIYADH — Custodian of he Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Wednesday visited Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Asheikh, the Grand Mufti and head of the Senior Scholars Commission and the Ifta Council at his home in Riyadh to pay condolences on the death of his mother. The King prayed to Allah to have mercy on her soul. The Mufti appreciated the King’s kind visit an
King condoles Mufti on his mother’s death
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Points of Executive Plan
• Yemen is an independent nation, and the terrorist Houthi militia has tried to usurp power by force• The solution (for the crisis) was the Gulf initiative and the outcome of the National Dialogue• Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi is still the legitimate president of Yemen• The UN Security Council condemned earlier the H
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24 years between Desert Storm and Decisive Storm operations
Mansour Al-Shehri
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
RIYADH – Two strong military operations started from Saudi territories to protect Saudi and Gulf lands. They are Desert Storm and Decisive Storm which are separated by 24 years. The first was commanded by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd (May Allah have mercy on his so
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Operation achieves goals quickly: Al-Asiri
Mishal Al-Otaibi Sauid Gazette RIYADH — The Saudi-led alliance, which launched the ‘Operation Decisive Storm’ on Thursday, achieved its objectives in the first 15 minutes of its execution. Brig. Gen. Ahmad Al-Asiri, advisor at the office of the minister of defense, told a news conference h
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Strong Saudi support for ‘Operation Decisive Storm’ seen
Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Saudis took to the Twitter on Thursday in a big way and were united in their support for the operation against the Houthi militia in Yemen. All were of the view that the operation by the Saudi-led alliance was timely and all were for it. All the tweets expr
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IISJ student Osama dies
JEDDAH — After a week-long fight for life, Osama Muhammad, a student of International Indian School Jeddah who was critically injured in a car crash, succumbed to his injuries early on Friday. Amid prayers and efforts of the entire Indian community to save the boy by raising funds to meet the hospital expenses, Osama gave up
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Real estate being contested
JEDDAH — Sources in the judiciary estimated the value of real estate (properties) being contested in the courts at over SR500 billion representing the value of title deeds being looked into.
Some of them have vast areas. Jeddah holds the top position with SR250 billion in real estates with disputed ownership.
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Additional trips for SAPTCO buses
Saudi Arabian Public Transport Company (SAPTCO) station in Jazan received hundreds of travelers following the decision to suspend flights at King Abdullah Regional Airport after the launching of Decisive Storm Operation against the Houthis in Yemen.
The station’s Acting Manager Yusuf Daghas said, despite the crowding, the company was able to
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85% occupancy in Al-Ahsa hotels
AL-AHSA — The tourist accommodation sector has registered high percentages of occupancy during the mid-second semester vacation, as occupancy in hotels and furnished apartments reached 85 percent.
The highest occupancy was in Al-Hofuf on Al-Khaleej and Prince Naif Bin Abdulaziz streets, Director of Information in the Saudi Co
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130,000 contractors leave market
JEDDAH — The first sectoral meeting for contractors held Wednesday in Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) revealed that 130,000 contractors have left the market during the past period following recent decisions of the Ministry of Labor.
This has forced banks to stop support to contractors. Chairman of the Contracto
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Text messages asking for donations are dangerous
Zuhair Kutbi
Makkah
We call on officials, the Ministry of Interior and telecommunication companies to have mercy on us and stop organizations and individuals from sending out text messages asking for money.
This is a form of begging. A person may receive at least one mobile text message a day 
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Cover your eyes, woman!
Ali Al-Qasmi
Al Hayat
It is both sad and shameful that the story of a poor Saudi woman selling goods from a stall on a street in Hail went viral on social media and in several newspapers.
Umm Abdulaziz and her daughter, both of whom wear the niqab (veil) with their eyes showing, ran the stall which was
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How can we stop people from smoking?
Dr. Zaid Al-Ramani
Al Jazeera
Many people fall ill and die due to smoking. The number of people who die from smoking is higher than those who die from inhaling other poisonous materials.
This is an established fact and nobody doubts it. The use of tobacco around the world has increased by 75 percent ov
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Imams laud King’s firm, wise stance
MAKKAH/MADINAH – The Imams and Khateebs of the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah lauded the decision of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to help the legitimate Yemeni government and Yemeni people by launching Operation Decisive Storm. The support for the King’s decision came in their Friday sermons.
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Operation decisive
SAUDI Defense Minister Prince Muhammad bin Salman is leading the “Operation Decisive Storm” air campaign, launched against Houthi militants in Yemen, alongside Deputy Crown Prince and Interior Minister Prince Mohammad Bin Naif, who is observing the operation. The air campaign is fighting against the Houthi coup in Yemen and in support of
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Yemenis in Taiz hail Saudi offensive, King Salman
THOUSANDS of Yemenis in the city of Taiz have taken to the streets to express their support for the Saudi-led “Operation Decisive Storm” against the Houthi rebel group, reported the Saudi news agency SPA. Houthi rebels and supporters of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh have captured much of the third largest city of Taiz last week, as
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Police arrest drunk driver
JEDDAH — The police arrested a driver for driving under alcoholic influence on Friday. The police reported they spotted a vehicle without any license plates being driven at dangerous speed. The vehicle did not stop when the police tried to flag it down and it collided with two other vehicles while trying to escape. Eventually, the police caught up with th
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High school fight kills a student
AL-KHURMA, MAKKAH — A high school student died after being hit on his head with a sharp object following a fight with a classmate. The Red Crescent received reports of the fight and the injury and took the victim to Taif Hospital. The student underwent seven surgeries within 12 hours. Despite the surgeries, the severely injured student did not recover and
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Fire in petroleum refinery laboratory
RAS TANURA, EASTERN PROVINCE — A fire at Aramco’s petroleum refinery laboratory in Ras Tanura was reported on Friday and no one was injured. Aramco reported that the emergency team of firefighters extinguished the fire and a committee was been formed to investigate the cause of the fire. The fire did not hinder the laboratory’s work and everyt
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51 workers arrested for health violations
RIYADH — The municipality closed down 29 commercial establishments, issued violation notices to 166 establishments and arrested more than 51 workers for health violations in various areas of Riyadh during its fourth thorough inspection campaign. The municipality reported its inspection campaign visited 315 establishments. Al-Bathaa District had 12 violati
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