Major shipping companies suspend transit through the Red Sea as Saudis voice concern over the escalation of conflict in the Middle East.

Iran and Saudi Arabia underline the need for an urgent ceasefire in Gaza and the delivery of humanitarian aid to the besieged territory.

Iran’s top general says the Armed Forces are fully prepared to promote military ties with Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi Arabian foreign minister calls upon the international community to press Israel for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, and entry of humanitarian aid convoys into the besieged territory.

The meeting would be the first step for the Islamic Ministerial Committee to carry out decisions reached at the Arab-Islamic Summit held in Riyadh.

Saudi Arabia has been detaining individuals at holy sites for supporting the Gaza Strip and praying for Palestine.

The regime has killed over 11,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, since early October.

Saudi Arabia has condemned any ground invasion of Gaza Strip by Israel, calling on the international community to immediately secure a ceasefire in the besieged enclave.

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister says the UN Security Council is “complacent” about the loss of Palestinian lives, calling for measures to stop the Israeli “bloodshed” in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Saudi Arabia has reportedly delayed talks on normalization with Israel and is instead engaging Iran amid Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip.