RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has successfully facilitated the return of nearly 65,000 Iranian pilgrims following the completion of Hajj 1446, with another 11,000 scheduled to depart in the coming days.
The coordinated effort reflects royal directives by (...)
RIYADH — The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) on Monday issued its monthly report on the punctuality and performance of airports and national carriers during the last month of May. This is based on flights departing or arriving within 15 (...)
ARAR — Iranian Consul General in Jeddah Hassan Zarnegar praised the excellent organization and the best facilities and services provided to Iranian Hajj pilgrims during their departure through Arar Airport and the Jadidat Arar border crossing.
The (...)
RIYADH— Minister of Hajj and Umrah Tawfiq Al-Rabiah held a phone call with head of Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Dr. Alireza Bayat on Sunday.
During the call, Al-Rabiah reassured Dr. Bayat the safety and smooth implementation of the (...)
ARAR — The first group of Iranian pilgrims departed Saudi Arabia via Jadidat Arar border crossing on Sunday.
The pilgrims arrived at Arar Airport, as part of the ongoing efforts led by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, in coordination with relevant (...)
JEDDAH — The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has established a dedicated operations room to monitor the status of Iranian pilgrims around the clock and ensure all their needs are met in Makkah and Madinah.
This initiative follows directives from the (...)
ARAR — Saudi Arabia's Northern Borders Region witnessed a rare astronomical spectacle on Wednesday evening, the rising of the full moon of Dhul Hijjah—the Strawberry Moon. This was a unique astronomical phenomenon known as the "Great Lunar (...)
ARAR — Skywatchers around the world including Saudi Arabia can witness on Wednesday, June 11, a rare astronomical phenomenon known as the "Great Lunar Standstill," which occurs approximately once every 18.6 years.
This phenomenon occurs when the (...)
RIYADH — The General Directorate of Passports announced that a total of 1,255,199 pilgrims have arrived from abroad through all of the Kingdom's entry ports by the end of Wednesday. Of these, 1,186,810 pilgrims entered via airports, 63,301 through (...)
ARAR — The Jadidat Arar Border Crossing received on Thursday the first group of pilgrims arriving from Iraq on board 192 buses.
Pilgrims were greeted with streamlined organizational procedures to ensure their smooth entry and ease of transit, (...)
AL-QURAYYAT — The National Center of Meteorology (NCM) revealed that Al-Qurayyat in the northern Al-Jouf region recorded on Thursday the lowest temperatures reaching one degree Celsius below zero, followed by Turaif, which recorded zero degree (...)
RIYADH — The General Entertainment Authority (GEA) is organizing fireworks displays across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to celebrate its 94th National Day. The fireworks will be launched simultaneously in various regions of the Kingdom.
In Riyadh, (...)
ARAR — The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) has foiled an attempt to smuggle in 349,710 Captagon pills at the Jadidat Arar Crossing on the northern Iraq border. Four persons were arrested.
The drugs were found hidden in a consignment of tile (...)
RIYADH — The rate of dust and sand storms in Saudi Arabia recorded a decrease of 80 percent during the last month. This is the lowest rate for the month of May in 20 years, according to reports from the Sand and Dust storm Warning Regional (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Culture has announced a series of cultural and historical events scheduled for February 21-26 to celebrate Saudi Founding Day, an annual event on February 22 that commemorates the establishment of the Saudi state by Imam (...)
JEDDAH — Moderate to heavy rain and fluctuations in weather conditions will be experienced in most regions of Saudi Arabia from Tuesday until Saturday, according to the latest forecast of the National Center of Meteorology (NCM).
The NCM warned of (...)
ARAR — Vice Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources for Mining Affairs Eng. Khalid Al-Mudaifer has confirmed that the Northern Border region contains 25% of Saudi Arabia's mineral wealth, with a total value of SR1.2 trillion.
Eng. Al-Mudaifer (...)
ARAR — The Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Eng. Abdulrahman Al-Fadhli confirmed that the value of water projects in Saudi Arabia exceeded SR150 billion within 8 years, of which, environmental and development projects were launched in (...)
ARAR — More than 157 investment opportunities worth about SR22 billion is being offered during the Northern Borders Investment Forum 2023.
The investment opportunities are distributed across a number of targeted sectors, such as transportation, (...)
ARAR — Minister of Investment Khaled Al-Falih said that the Ministry is working on a new phosphate project, costing SR33 billion, which will double the Kingdom's capacity of the product to become the third largest phosphate producer in the (...)
MADINAH — The e-commerce tour that the Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority (Monsha'at) organized in partnership with the Saudi E-Commerce Council, has so far attracted more than over 3,500 visitors, according to a senior official at the (...)
RIYADH — The glow of fireworks celebrating the 93rd Saudi National Day dazzled millions of citizens and residents in various regions of the Kingdom on Saturday evening.
The entertainment areas and celebration sites witnessed a large attendance from (...)
ARAR — The Jadidat Arar land port in the Northern Border Region has been one of the major gateways for commercial movement between Saudi Arabia and Iraq over the past two years with the volume of bilateral trade exchange in the first half of 2023 (...)
RIYADH — The inflation rate in Saudi Arabia recorded an increase of 2.7 percent last month, compared to June of 2022. The rate of increase in inflation within a month stood at 0.2 percent in June 2023, compared to the previous month of May, (...)
DAMMAM — Prince Saud Bin Naif, emir of Eastern Province, has launched the start of conducting the electrical linkage between the GCC Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) and Iraq.
The launch was attended by Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman (...)
