Ahmed Salem
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, mourned the victims of the helicopter crash belonging to Aramco in the Ras Tanura region of eastern Saudi Arabia.
President Sisi said: I extend my sincere condolences and heartfelt sympathy to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, His Highness the Crown Prince, and the brotherly Saudi people, for the victims of the Aramco plane crash.
He added in a post on his official Facebook page: We ask God to have mercy on them, to inspire their families with patience and solace, and to protect the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its people from all harm and evil.
A Saudi Aramco helicopter crashes
Fourteen Saudis were killed on Sunday when an Aramco helicopter crashed in the Ras Tanura area of eastern Saudi Arabia, according to the official Saudi Press Agency.
The agency reported that all those on board the helicopter were killed, while the competent authorities began their investigations to determine the circumstances and causes of the accident.
Saudi authorities have not announced any indications that suggest a hostile act was behind the incident, amid escalating regional tensions and renewed exchanges of fire between Iran and the United States in the Gulf region since Thursday.
The incident comes two days after Aramco resumed crude oil loading operations at Ras Tanura port on Friday, following a halt of nearly four months.
