BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun will ask Saudi Arabia to reactivate a $3-billion aid package to the Lebanese army in his visit to the kingdom next week, Aoun said in an interview with Asharq television broadcast on Friday.

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has congratulated Lebanon’s prime minister Nawaf Salam on forming a new government, the Gulf kingdom’s foreign ministry said on Thursday.

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Saudi Arabia stressed on Sunday its complete support to all measures Lebanon is taking to confront attempts to undermine the security of civilians. A Foreign Ministry statement underlined the Kingdom’s support for Lebanon’s measures to firmly handle attacks on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

The Israeli military said it would remain in what it called “five strategic points” in southern Lebanon. Lebanese officials have called for Israel’s full withdrawal.

Saudi Arabia condemned on Wednesday Israel's strikes on Syria and its “attempts to destabilize its security and stability, in repeated violations of relevant international agreements and laws.” A Foreign Ministry statement expressed the Kingdom's solidarity with Syria,

Saudi Arabia’s hosting of top American and Russian officials for a high-stakes rapprochement meeting underlines the kingdom’s aspirations to become a global actor capable of successfully mediating international conflicts.

Saudi authorities should not extradite an Egyptian citizen to Egypt, where he is at serious risk of arbitrary detention and torture, Human Rights Watch said today.Saudi authorities arbitrarily detained Ahmed Kamel at a police station in Jeddah on November 13,

Although the normalization of relations with Israel is a clear priority for the Trump administration, the calculus for Riyadh remains far more complex. Despite the promise of economic and security incentives, the reality is that Saudi Arabia may not see substantial gains from joining the Abraham Accords at this moment.

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is sponsoring an investment conference in Miami and further whitewashing the country’s egregious human rights record, five human rights groups, including Human Rights Watch and Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN),

Saudi Arabia's crown prince may not be inside the room where the first high-level talks between Russia and the United States over Moscow’s war on Ukraine are taking place.