Red Cross

The Saudi Red Crescent Authority marked World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day this week with various events, exhibitions and conferences in the Kingdom. The SRCA’s activities included marches on the main roads of several governorates as…
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Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, the secretary-general of the Muslim World League and chair of the Organization of Muslim Scholars, visited the humanitarian vessel Ocean Viking this week, where he met the secretary-general of the…
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The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Tuesday deplored the conflict in Gaza as a “moral failure” of the international community and urged Israel and Hamas to reach a new deal to halt the fighting. “I have…
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Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, supervisor general of the Saudi aid agency KSrelief, on Tuesday met Robert Mardini, director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at KSRelief headquarters in Riyadh. During the meeting, the…
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The Red Cross said Monday that its president had traveled to Qatar to meet with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh “to advance humanitarian issues related to the armed conflict in Israel and Gaza.” “President Mirjana Spoljaric met with (Ismail)…
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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan received a phone call from Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, on Wednesday, Saudi Press Agency reported. The two discussed the latest developments…
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The International Committee of the Red Cross said a humanitarian convoy carrying lifesaving medical supplies came under fire in Gaza City on Tuesday. The convoy of five trucks and two Red Cross vehicles was carrying supplies to health…
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Qatar and the International Committee of the Red Cross signed an agreement on Thursday to establish the committee’s headquarters in Doha, Qatar News Agency reported. The agreement was signed by Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign…
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The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, expressed his "grave concern for the safety of Ukrainian society", calling for "support for international humanitarian law, the protection of civilians and basic…
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In a poignant story shrouded in mystery, a team of the Red Cross stumbles upon a Mauritanian citizen in a Malian prison, six years after his disappearance. And the online newspaper Sahara Media reported that on Thursday, the Malian…
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