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
Kerry, Lavrov say Syria talks should go ahead this month
Internationally brokered talks between Syria’s government and opposition groups should start this month as planned, Russia and the United States said on Wednesday, despite no sign of agreement on who should represent the opposition. Speaking after meeting U.S. Secretary of
Syria’s opposition: cannot attend talks if third party joins
A Syrian opposition council backed by Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it will not attend next week’s peace negotiations with the government if a third group takes part, a reference to a Russian bid to widen the opposition’s team. Riad
Oldest Christian monastery in Iraq razed
Satellite photos obtained by The Associated Press confirm what church leaders and Middle East preservationists had feared: The oldest Christian monastery in Iraq has been reduced to a field of rubble, yet another victim of the Islamic State of Iraq
Exposed wiring likely sparked NYE fire: Dubai police
Dubai police say a New Year’s Eve fire at a luxury hotel in the Mideast commercial hub was likely caused by exposed wiring. Police made the announcement at a news conference Wednesday. Police officials showed photographs taken after the fire
Britain’s Cameron urges EU to relax Jordan trade to help refugees
UK Prime Minister David Cameron will call on EU leaders to relax trade rules with Jordan to help spur economic growth and help “hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees across the region to work”. Before arriving at the World Economic
Over 1,000 civilians dead in Russia’s Syria strikes: Monitor
Russian air strikes have killed more than 1,000 civilians in Syria since they began nearly four months ago, a monitor said Wednesday. The raids, which started on September 30, have killed 1,015 civilians, including more than 200 children, the Britain-based
U.S. thinks missing American Levinson no longer in Iran
The White House said Tuesday it believes that Robert Levinson, the former FBI agent who disappeared nearly nine years ago in Iran, is no longer in the country. His family said Monday they were “crushed and outraged” that he was
Americans missing in Iraq kidnapped by Iran-backed militia
Three U.S. citizens who disappeared last week in Baghdad were kidnapped and are being held by an Iranian-backed Shi’ite militia, two Iraqi intelligence and two U.S. government sources said on Tuesday. Unknown gunmen seized the three on Friday from a
Al-Zayani hails GCC leaders’ adoption of King Salman’s vision
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Abdullatif Al-Zayani said that the leaders of the GCC countries’ adoption of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman’s vision for the promotion of the GCC joint action in the Riyadh
Drone strike kills two Qaeda suspects in Yemen
A drone strike believed to have been carried out by the United States killed two Al-Qaeda suspects in a militant stronghold in southeast Yemen, military sources said today. The unidentified suspects were travelling in a vehicle in the town of
Kurds destroyed ‘thousands’ of Arab homes in Iraq
Kurdish forces have destroyed thousands of homes in northern Iraq in an apparent attempt to uproot Arab communities, Amnesty International said Wednesday. The rights group said the destruction took place after Kurdish forces captured areas from ISIS, which overran swathes
Khamenei condemns Saudi embassy attack
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday condemned the attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran this month, saying it was “really bad.” In remarks published on his website, he also thanked Revolutionary Guards for detaining a group of
ISIS claims Iraqis among Paris attackers
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group on Tuesday claimed that two of the extremists behind the Paris attacks on November 13 were Iraqi, according to the latest issue of its magazine Dabiq. The last page of the
Obama, Erdogan vow cooperation against terror
U.S. President Barack Obama and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday pledged continued cooperation in the fight against militants, including ISIS and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants, the White House and Turkish presidential sources said. During his phone call to
Israel moving to seize tract in West Bank: Officials
Israel is moving to declare 150 hectares in the occupied West Bank as state land in what would be the largest such seizure since 2014, officials and media reports said Wednesday. If approved, the move is likely to draw international
ISIS frees 270 kidnapped people in eastern Syrian
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Tuesday released 270 of an estimated 400 civilians, most of them women and children, kidnapped at the weekend when its fighters attacked Syrian government-held areas in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor,
Jewish teen arrested for hate graffiti at iconic Jerusalem church
A Jewish 16-year-old has been arrested for anti-Christian graffiti sprayed on a wall of a Jerusalem abbey built where tradition says the mother of Jesus died, police said Wednesday. The graffiti, discovered Sunday, was written in Hebrew on an outside
ISIS confirms death of ‘Jihadi John’ in Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group confirmed Tuesday the death of British extremist “Jihadi John”, saying he was killed in a drone strike in their Syrian stronghold of Raqqa in November. Born Mohammed Emwazi, he was known
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