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 »
Category Archives: Middle East
Obama urges tighter security after Iraq riots
US President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi agreed on the need for tighter security in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone after protesters stormed the area, the White House said on Saturday. At least four anti-government protesters were killed
Yemen FM: We will give talks ‘last chance’
Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdulmalik Mikhlafi who is leading the government negotiating team announced Saturday that he received regional and international guarantees to comply with the six points mentioned by the government delegation in Kuwait consultations. He added in a tweet
Four killed, 90 injured in Iraq Green Zone riots
At least four people were killed and 90 injured among anti-corruption protesters who stormed Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone on Friday, hospital sources said on Saturday. Iraqi security forces used live and rubber bullets as well as tear gas to
60,000 dead in Assad’s prisons: Report
At least 60,000 people have died in Syrian government prisons over the past five years from torture or due to dire humanitarian conditions, including a lack of food, a monitor said Saturday. The head of the Syrian Observatory for Human
Yemen leader slams civilian evictions in south
Yemen’s president has criticized the “unacceptable” expulsion of hundreds of civilians from the southern cities of Aden and Taiz. The civilians were expelled by southern forces who claimed that they originated from the north of the country, which is controlled
Wars displace record 40 million people globally
The number of people internally displaced by conflicts around the world rose last year to a record 40.8 million people, a report out on Wednesday showed. “This is the highest figure ever recorded and twice the number of refugees worldwide,”
France in bid to relaunch Mideast peace process
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls will visit Israel and the Palestinian territories this month in a bid to relaunch the peace process following the worst flare-up of violence in the Gaza Strip for two years, his office said Tuesday. His
Yemen foes agree major prisoner swap
Yemeni government officials and rebels agreed on Tuesday to free half of the prisoners and detainees held by both sides within 20 days, officials from the two delegations said. The deal, seen as the first breakthrough in peace talks which
ISIS cuts regime supply route to Syria’s Palmyra
ISIS on Tuesday cut a key supply route between Syria’s Homs and the world heritage site of Palmyra just months after the army recaptured the ancient city, a monitor said. ISIS “was able to cut the supply road between Homs
Aleppo truce extended amid bursts of violence
A ceasefire in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo will be extended by 48 hours beginning at 1 a.m. on Tuesday (6 p.m. ET Monday), state news agency SANA said on Monday, quoting the Syrian military high command. Aleppo, Syria’s
Obama to meet with national security on ISIS
President Barack Obama will meet with his National Security Council on Tuesday morning to discuss US efforts to fight ISIS militants, the White House said. “The session is the latest in a series of NSC meetings in recent months convened
Erdogan: Turkey left to fight ISIS alone
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday accused the international coalition battling ISIS in Syria of leaving his country to fight the extremists alone on its own soil. “They have left us alone in our struggle against this organization which
Al-Qaeda chief tells militants in Syria: Unite or die
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri urged rival militants in Syria to unite or risk death but again decried fellow Sunni Muslim militants ISIS as “extremists” in an audio recording posted online on Sunday. As successor to Osama bin Laden, Zawahri has
Turkish leader: Each firm should hire one jobless person
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday came up with a novel scheme to rein in the country’s high unemployment levels, saying that every company should take on one unemployed person. Turkey’s main private sector organization, the Union of Chambers
ISIS uses 2,000 families in Iraq’s Fallujah as ‘human shields’
ISIS in Iraq has trapped around 2,000 families in two villages south of a city in the western province of Anbar, and is using them as human shields, local media reported the head of a police department as saying on
3 Turkish soldiers killed in bomb blast in southeast
Three Turkish soldiers were killed in a bomb blast Sunday in the southeast of the country, where the military is waging an offensive against Kurdish rebels, a military official said. Two of the soldiers were killed instantly when the device
Netanyahu vows to press hunt for Gaza tunnels
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday Israel will not be deterred in its bid to destroy Hamas’ tunnels after the worst flare-up of violence with Gaza’s rulers in two years. “Israel will continue to act as necessary to detect and
Egypt court recommends death for 6 defendants, but not Mursi
An Egyptian court recommended death sentences on Saturday for six codefendants of Mohammad Mursi but not for the ousted Islamist president in their trial on espionage charges. The presiding judge in the trial asked the mufti — the country’s official
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