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 »
Monthly Archives: November 2017
Yemeni pro-govt forces regain control of strategic locations in Taiz
:: Yemeni military sources said late Sunday that the national army has diffused a Houthi militia attack north of Mawza district and east of Yakhtul in west Taiz. Meanwhile, the national army also attacked militia sites in Hayfan district, south-east
UN evacuates first group of refugees from Libya to Niger
:: A group of 25 refugees have beenevacuated from Libya to Niger to have resettlement claims processed, in the first operation of its kind from the North African country, the United Nations said on Sunday. The move is part of
Arab league to meet on Iran at Saudi request
:: The Arab League will hold an extraordinary meeting next Sunday at the request of Saudi Arabia to discuss “violations” committed by Iran in the region, according to a memorandum. Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates supported the Saudi request,
Saad Hariri: I will return to Lebanon within the coming few days
:: Lebanon’s outgoing Prime Minister Saad Hariri, in an exclusive interview with Future TV, a Lebanese television channel aligned to his Future Party, said: “My focus is on the interest of Lebanon and my resignation is for its own sake.”
Bahrain dissident who ‘spied’ for Qatar to stand trial
:: Bahraini Shiite opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman will face trial later this month for “spying” for Qatar, the state prosecution said on Sunday. Salman will be tried alongside two of his colleagues, Hassan Sultan and Ali Mehdi, from November
Lebanon’s Hariri pictured greeting Saudi king on his return to Riyadh
:: Saudi King Salman returned to Riyadh from Madinah on Saturday and was pictured being greeted by former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri. He was also received by Prince Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz, Governor of Riyadh Region Prince Faisal bin
Death toll rises after powerful earthquake hits Iran and Iraq
:: More than 207 people were killed and at least 1,700 were injured in Iran on Sunday when a powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit the country, state media said, as rescuers stepped up efforts overnight to find dozens trapped under
At least 50 dead in artillery fire, Russian strikes in Syria
:: Dozens of civilians have died in artillery fire and Russian bombardment of two displacement camps and surrounding territory in eastern Syria, a monitor said Sunday in a new toll. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said ongoing heavy bombardment
Houthis repeat threat to target international shipping lines, oil tankers
:: Iranian-backed Houthi militias reiterated threats to target international shipping lines and oil ships in the Red Sea. “We will take measures we have not taken before and we can target oil ships. We can do anything,” Mohammed Ali al-Houthi,
New mass graves found in Iraq could contain up to 400 bodies
:: Iraqi security forces have found mass graves in an area recently retaken from ISIS that could contain up to 400 bodies, an Iraqi official said Monday. The bodies of civilians and security forces were found in an abandoned base
This young Saudi woman offers to teach women to drive ‘for free’
:: Behind the steering wheel of her own car, the Saudi young woman, Noura al-Dosari, is driving around in the residential compound she lives in in the eastern city of Dhahran, as her daily routine. Dosari learned how to drive
Fundamental Saudi shifts and the change coming to the Middle East
By : Raghida Dergham :: What will happen now that the strategy of US President Donald Trump on Iran and its proxies has finally converged with Saudi strategy, which has decided that Lebanon’s Hezbollah is the “head of the snake”
An end to the Syrian war, but not to the crisis
By : Abdulrahman Al-Rashed :: This could be the last chapter of the Syrian conflict as we have known it for the past six years, but the Syrian crisis has other chapters to follow. In order to end it, the
Why Saad Al-Hariri has done the right thing
By : Eyad Abu Shakra :: For some in “occupied” and “subjugated” Lebanon, the nightmare is over; for others, the country is approaching a regional cliff edge. In fact, Lebanon is going through a second “March 14th” uprising, this time
How Iran tried to turn Arab states into fading ghosts
By : Amir Taheri :: If history is a stage on which the fate of nations is played out, knowing when to step in and when to bow out is of crucial importance. Being in the wrong place at the
America and its inexplicable love affair with guns
By : Yossi Mekelberg :: It has become a matter of a tragic routine in the US, after yet another mass shooting, to embark on a passionate debate about the wisdom of allowing millions of Americans to own and carry
Hariri’s party condemns Iranian intervention in Arab countries
:: The party of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, who unexpectedly quit a week ago while in Saudi Arabia, denounced on Saturday attacks against the kingdom and Iranian intervention in Arab countries. Hariri’s Future Movement political party said it stands
Frenchman acquitted of raping 11-year-old schoolgirl
:: A French man has been acquitted of rape after a jury found no evidence that he forced an 11-year-old girl into having sex, a prosecutor said Saturday. The jurors at the criminal court in the Seine-et-Marne district outside Paris
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