social affair

Saudi Arabian news site Al-Hadath reports the Houthis' foreign minister, as well as the ministers for justice, youth and sports, social affairs and labour, were killed.

"It's a new light at the end of this tunnel," exclaimed Hind Kabawat, minister of social affairs and labour, in the interim government.

There are some examples of this: a Christian female minister was appointed minister for social affairs, while head of the White Helmet civil defence group, became minister of emergencies and disasters.

Read more about the incident here, in an article by the BBC's social affairs correspondent, Michael Buchanan.

It followed a request from the EU's committee on employment and social affairs.