Abdul Aziz Al-Mowani, content manager at MiSK Foundation 

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Updated 13 December 2020
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Abdul Aziz Al-Mowani, content manager at MiSK Foundation 

Abdul Aziz Al-Mowani has been the content manager at the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Foundation (MiSK) since 2017.

Al-Mowani graduated from King Abdul Aziz University in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in media.

In 2002, Al-Mowani served as a reporter and editor at the news department for Channel 1 of Saudi Television. He also worked for two years for Rayat Al-Nohoudh, a global advertisement service provider, where he supervised the coordination of conferences and seminars for the company and arranged for direct satellite communications inside and outside the Kingdom.

In 2003, he founded Al-Ekhbariya TV channel as its deputy news director, in addition to being the head of the channel’s TV news exchange department.

In 2008, he also worked as a news anchor on Al-Ekhbariya TV. Three years earlier, he had worked as a field correspondent for MBC for two years.

Between the period from 2008 and 2010, Al-Mowani served as director of operations and deputy CEO at the Arabic Content Co., Saudi Research and Publishing Co. His duties included overseeing production and TV studio as well as coordination with foreign and Arabic TV channels to provide program production and coverage services inside Saudi Arabia. As a production manager, he was responsible for liaising between three companies — the Gulf Digital Media (Tahaluf), the Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG), and the Malaysian All-Asian Satellite Television and Radio Operator (ASTRO).

For two years, beginning from 2010, he founded Line Sports, a Saudi live sports TV channel, specializing in screening both international and local football matches. He was also a member of the channel’s executive board and its production director.

From 2016 to 2017, he worked as Saudi Arabia’s audiovisual manager for Media Gates at Orbit media group. He was responsible for creating and developing Arabic content.


Arab, EU diplomats arrive in Riyadh for meeting on Syria

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Arab, EU diplomats arrive in Riyadh for meeting on Syria

RIYADH: An expanded ministerial meeting on Syria is hosted by Saudi Arabia on Sunday in the capital Riyadh as world powers push for stability after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.


KSrelief continues humanitarian outreach in Syria, Yemen

Updated 12 January 2025
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KSrelief continues humanitarian outreach in Syria, Yemen

RYADH: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) continues with its humanitarian activities in Syria and Yemen with the distribution of food supplies, health kits and prosthetic services.

In the town of Beit Yashout, Jabla District of Syria’s Latakia Governorate, 499 families each received boxes containing a bag of flour as well as personal care kits on Saturday, state news agency SPA reported.

In Jindires of Aleppo Governorate, KSrelief distributed 1,476 food boxes and 1,476 health kits while in Talbiseh of Homs Governorate the aid agency on Thursday handed out to 86 families food parcels, each containing a 10-kilogram bag of flour, along with winter kits and personal care kits on Thursday.

This initiative is part of the Kingdom’s continuous humanitarian efforts, through KSrelief, to alleviate the suffering of the Syrian people during various crises and hardships, SPA reported.

Meanwhile in Yemen, the Project for Operating Artificial Limbs and Rehabilitation Center in Taiz provided medical services to 434 beneficiaries who lost their limbs in December last year.

The center, being supported by KSrelief, delivered 1,613 services including the delivery, measurement and maintenance of prosthetic limbs, as well as physical therapy and specialized consultations.


UAE, Syria foreign ministers arrive in Riyadh

Updated 11 January 2025
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UAE, Syria foreign ministers arrive in Riyadh

  • Welcomed at King Khalid International Airport by Saudi Deputy FM Waleed Al-Khuraiji

RIYADH: Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the UAE deputy prime minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, arrived in Riyadh on Saturday, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

He was welcomed at King Khalid International Airport by Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed Al-Khuraiji.

Sheikh Abdullah is in the Kingdom to attend an expanded ministerial meeting on Syria to be hosted by Saudi Arabia on Sunday, SPA added.

New Syrian foreign minister Asaad Al-Shaibani also arrived in Riyadh on Saturday evening to participate in the ministerial meeting.

He was also welcomed at King Khalid International Airport by Al-Khuraiji.


Saudi Arabia condemns attack on Chad’s presidential palace

Updated 11 January 2025
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Saudi Arabia condemns attack on Chad’s presidential palace

  • The attack, which occurred on Wednesday, involved gunmen attempting to storm the palace

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Saturday strongly condemned the recent attack on the presidential palace in N’Djamena, Chad, which left 19 people dead, including a soldier guarding the complex, and injured others.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement reaffirming Saudi Arabia’s steadfast support for Chad’s security and stability, while rejecting any actions that threaten the country’s peace, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

In its statement, the Ministry extended heartfelt condolences to the family of the fallen soldier and to the government and people of Chad. The Kingdom also wished a swift recovery for those injured in the assault.

The attack, which occurred on Wednesday, involved gunmen reportedly linked to Boko Haram attempting to storm the presidential palace, prompting a fierce battle.

The Chadian government confirmed that 18 attackers from a 24-member commando unit were killed in the fighting, alongside one security personnel. Tanks were deployed to secure the area.


GCC secretary general receives New Zealand’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Updated 11 January 2025
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GCC secretary general receives New Zealand’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia

  • Al-Budaiwi congratulated Kingston on his appointment as New Zealand’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, wishing him success in his duties

RIYADH: Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Jasem Al-Budaiwi recently received New Zealand’s Ambassador to the Kingdom Charles Kingston at the General Secretariat’s headquarters in Riyadh.

Al-Budaiwi congratulated Kingston on his appointment as New Zealand’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, wishing him success in his duties, the General Secretariat wrote in a report.

During the meeting, they also discussed a number of topics of mutual interest, notably the progress of negotiations for the free trade agreement between the GCC countries and updates on the joint action plan between the two sides. They also exchanged views on several regional and international issues.​