Dammam Women’s Market set to open

January 4, 2015

Dammam, Jan 4: The Eastern Province municipality has begun renting out shops at the newly established Dammam Women's Market following the completion of all major construction work.

Ziad bin Abdul Karim Al-Suwaidan, the EP Investments general manager, said that the project is set to make way for various commercial activities covering over 17,500 square meters.

He said that the women's market includes commercial shops, gold workshops, a jewelry showroom and a goldsmith-training center. The project also contains traditional female stalls and parking facilities.

The two-story project includes 57 shops and 165 traditional stalls, as well as toilets, a mosque,a food court, and a café at the ground level, while the first floor contains administrative offices, a training hall and a multipurpose room.

"In developing the project, the EP municipality was keen to redevelop the market so as to keep alive the heritage and popular women's activities among lower economic strata," said Al-Suwaidan, pointing out that the market will be opened shortly.

Coordination is now taking place with investors to develop ad panels for commercial shops in an aesthetically pleasing manner.

The project was awarded the Community and Culture Award at this year's Cityscape in Jeddah, as well as the Prince Sultan bin Salman Award for Architectural Heritage at the level of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), awarded jointly with Abha city at the Fourth National Forum architectural heritage.

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Syrian Town erupts after Israeli forces enter Beit Jinn; heavy casualties reported

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November 28,2025

Several Syrians were killed and more than two dozen others injured in Israeli strikes on the outskirts of Damascus, amid intensified incursions by the occupying regime since the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad and the rise of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rule.

Syrian state TV reported that the casualties occurred during an overnight Israeli assault involving helicopters and drones on the town of Beit Jinn in the Damascus countryside. The attack followed an Israeli military unit’s entry into the town, where they were surrounded by local residents, leading to gunfire and direct confrontations.

According to the report, “The occupation army’s helicopters and artillery shelled Beit Jinn, located at the foothills of Mount Hermon, resulting in 13 martyrs and 25 injured civilians.” The broadcaster did not specify the full extent of damage.

Al-Ikhbariyah Syria confirmed that the shelling coincided with Israeli soldiers entering Beit Jinn, while artillery pounded surrounding areas. The broadcaster stated that the escalation began after local residents clashed with an Israeli patrol that had infiltrated the southern town and “kidnapped” three young men.

Following a two-hour exchange of heavy fire, Israeli forces withdrew and repositioned on the hill of Butt al-Warda at the town’s outskirts.

Israeli media acknowledged that six soldiers were wounded in the clashes—three of them seriously—describing the confrontation as a “sudden ambush” that forced the deployment of reserve units and air support to secure an exit route. No further details were provided.

The aggression has fueled renewed displacement from Beit Jinn, with residents fleeing to nearby villages amid increasingly frequent Israeli attacks.

The raid came just a day after Israeli troops carried out another ground incursion into Umm al-Luqas village in Quneitra province. According to SANA, an Israeli unit in four vehicles entered the village, raided several homes, and later withdrew.

Syria condemned the repeated incursions as violations of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement and UN resolutions, urging the international community to enforce compliance and pressure Israel to halt its operations and withdraw fully.

Israel has expanded its attacks across Syrian territory following the collapse of the Assad government last year. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly instructed his forces to push deeper into Syrian territory and seize strategic positions.

Meanwhile, critics say the HTS-led interim government’s inaction and growing normalization gestures toward Israel have emboldened Tel Aviv to intensify its military operations. HTS, formerly linked to al-Qaeda, seized control of Damascus last December, formally ending Assad’s rule.

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