{
  "id": 1351448,
  "title": "2 new Saudi consuls general take oath in front of foreign minister",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/2-new-saudi-consuls-general-take-oath-in-front-of-foreign-minister",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T21:11:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Saudi Gazette",
    "slug": "saudi-gazette",
    "url": "https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/663796/saudi-arabia/2-new-saudi-consuls-general-take-oath-in-front-of-foreign-minister"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two new Saudi consuls general, Wafa bint Abdullah Al-Marzouqi and Dr. Sultan bin Faraj Al-Nafel, have taken their oath of office in Riyadh. According to the Saudi Gazette, they were sworn in by Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan. Al-Marzouqi is the consul general-designate in Houston, United States of America, while Al-Nafel is the consul general-designate in Erbil, Iraq.\n\nThe swearing-in ceremony was attended by Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Executive Affairs Abdul Hadi Al-Mansouri and Director General of the General Department of Diplomatic Corps Affairs Ali bin Abdullah Al-Shehri.\n\nPrince Faisal bin Farhan also discussed regional developments with his counterparts from Qatar and Oman, as reported by The Peninsula Qatar and Ajel English.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}