Saudi King and Crown Prince Condole Kuwait
In a heartfelt gesture of solidarity, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman expressed their deepest condolences to the Emir of Kuwait on Monday following the passing of Sheikh More »
Putin and Abbas Discuss Gaza Crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday during Abbas’ visit to Russia. Arriving on Monday, Abbas aims to discuss the ongoing Gaza conflict with More »
Saudi Arabia Voices Strong Support for Gaza Peace Initiatives
Saudi Arabia has firmly aligned itself with the recent joint statement made by President Joe Biden of the United States, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt, and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, More »
Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Daily Archives: March 2, 2017
Toward the rising sun
By : Turki Aldakhil Asia is the biggest continent where more than one third of the world population lives. The continent’s population has quadrupled during the 20th century. The strange irony is that some geographers only consider Europe – which
How Trump plans to ‘knock the hell out of Daesh’
By : Joyce Karam While former US President Barack Obama came to office in 2009 pledging to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, his successor Donald Trump has embraced more aggressive rhetoric, promising to “knock the hell out of”
Travel ban not a solution to terror threat
By : Harun Yahya President Trump concentrated his pre-electoral promises and statements on certain key topics. The most prominent ones among these topics were the issues about immigrants, war on radicalism and new international economic measures aimed at protecting the
Significance of King Salman’s historic visit to Asia
By : Dr. Theodore Karasik Saudi King Salman Abdulaziz’s tour of Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Japan, China and the Maldives, followed by a stop in Jordan before returning to the Kingdom, is full of thematically importance. While these Asian states as
Trump and the Russians
By : Hussein Shobokshi To many observers of the American affairs, the resignation of US national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, following the revelation of his connection with Russian officials, did not come as a big surprise, rather it was
Trump vows to ‘extinguish’ ISIS, protect US from ‘radical Islamic terrorism’
Heralding a “new chapter of American greatness,” President Donald Trump stood before Congress for the first time Tuesday night and issued a broad call for overhauling the nation’s health care system, significantly boosting military spending and plunging $1 trillion into
US couple who terrorized black child’s party sentenced to decades in jail
A US judge jailed a couple on Monday for terrorizing a black child’s birthday party, carrying Confederate flags, and shouting racial slurs and threats, US media reported. The incident happened on July 25, 2015 where Kayla Rae Norton, 25, and
US officials: Iraq to be lifted off US travel ban
US officials say President Donald Trump’s new immigration order will remove Iraq from the list of countries whose citizens face a temporary US travel ban. Four officials say the administration’s decision follows pressure from the Pentagon and State Department. They
Russia, Syria bombed US-backed fighters in Syria
Russian and Syrian aircraft bombed positions held by the US-backed Syrian Arab Coalition near the Syrian town of al Bab on Tuesday, inflicting casualties, the top US commander in Iraq said on Wednesday. “Yesterday, we had some Russian aircraft and
Sisi defends anti-ISIS fight after Copts flee Sinai
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has defended his country’s fight against the ISIS group, after dozens of Christian families fled the Sinai Peninsula following a string of jihadist attacks. An ISIS affiliate waging an insurgency in the Sinai last week
King Salman holds bilateral talks with Indonesia’s president
King Salman held talks with Indonesia’s president on Wednesday and signed a range of cooperation agreements at the beginning of a 12-day visit to the world’s largest Muslim-majority country. King Salman and Indonesian President Joko Widodo oversaw, among 11 pacts,
Pervez Musharraf: I see Donald Trump as an agent of change
I generally see things optimistically and, whatever his personal qualities, I see him [Donald Trump] as an agent of change, Former President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, has said. In an exclusive interview to Al Arabiya English – conducted on
Iraqi army controls main roads out of Mosul, trapping ISIS
US-backed Iraqi army units on Wednesday took control of the last major road out of western Mosul that had been in ISIS’s hands, a general and residents there said, trapping the militants in a dwindling area within the city. The
Official: Yemen raid yields data on al-Qaida explosives
US special operations forces gathered valuable intelligence on the al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen in a raid last month, including data on the explosives they’re manufacturing and the types of threats they’re developing, a senior U.S. official said Tuesday. President Donald
Saudi King Salman lands in Jakarta as part of month-long trip to Asia
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Wednesday landed at a military airbase in the capital of Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, to kick off the longest leg of a month-long trip across Asia. The visit is the first by a
Houthi leader killed in coalition airstrike
A senior officer of the Houthi militia, Yahya al-Eryani and five of his bodyguards were killed in an Arab coalition air raid in Yemen on Wednesday. The airstrike struck his car in the southern Khalid ibn al-Walid camp east of
UK judge slams Tunisian police over beach massacre
A British coroner says the Tunisian police response to a deadly gun attack on the beach resort of Sousse was “at best shambolic, at worst cowardly”. Judge Nicholas Lorraine-Smith is delivering his findings Tuesday at an inquest into the deaths
Houthis block UN humanitarian chief Stephen O’Brien access to Taiz
Reports suggest Houthi militias have blocked UN humanitarian chief Stephen O’Brien’s motorcade access to besieged areas of Taiz. O’Brien and his entourage were scheduled to visit Taiz, which has been besieged by Houthi militias and forces belonging to the ousted
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