However, he warned against using the media as a tool to settle internal disputes and personal accounts and making false accusations.

"I ask all people to fear God in their words and deeds, to shoulder their responsibilities consciously and not to be a burden on their religion and homeland," he said on Sunday.

He was opening the fifth session of the Shoura Council, which is in its second year.

King Abdullah commended the military victories against Yemeni rebels in the southern borders and said he had ordered the construction of 10,000 housing units for displaced citizens in the Jizan province.