Syria’s Ministry of Tourism has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU) with three Saudi technology companies: Tamkeen, Cipher and Hawaz, to accelerate the digital transformation of the country’s tourism sector through the development of an integrated digital ecosystem that enhances the visitor experience, strengthens institutional capability and enables data-driven tourism development. Representing a major step in the Ministry’s long-term digital transformation strategy, the MoU moves beyond administrative modernisation towards a fully integrated digital operating model for the tourism sector. It will improve serv

Manila, July 24, 2026, SPA — Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed Elkhereiji met today with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn on the sidelines of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia conference in Manila, the Philippines. The two officials reviewed Saudi-ASEAN relations and ways to strengthen them.