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
Nusra releases 16 Lebanese troops, Baghdadi’s ex-wife
Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate on Tuesday freed 16 Lebanese soldiers and police, and former wife of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) chief’s leader in exchange for the release of prisoners and delivery of aid, television footage showed. The 16
Russia ‘intensifies strikes’ on ISIS in Syria
The White House said on Monday it has seen “some intensification” of Russian air strikes against ISIS in Syria during the past several weeks. Previously, Russia had infrequently targeted ISIS in its campaign in Syria, said White House deputy national
Six injured in pipe bomb blast near Istanbul metro
Six people were injured when a pipe bomb exploded on an overpass near an Istanbul metro station on Tuesday, the district mayor told A Haber television. Atilla Aydiner, the mayor of the Bayrampasa district on the European side of the
Assad: France supports terrorism and war, not peace
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accused France of “supporting terrorism” and said he saw Prague as a possible venue for signing any future peace deal to end his country’s four-year civil war, in comments broadcast Monday on Czech TV. In an
Dozens of Houthis killed in major offensive
Dozens of Yemeni Houthi militias were killed during an assault on the border with Saudi Arabia, residents and Saudi state television said on Tuesday, in what they described as a major push to try to capture territory inside the kingdom.
Clinton vows no U.S. troops in Syria, Iraq
U.S. Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton said that putting American combat troops on the ground in Syria or Iraq to fight the ISIS was a “non-starter.” “Well, at this point I cannot conceive of any circumstances where I would agree
Iraq blames Iran after thousands of pilgrims storm border crossing
Iraq’s interior ministry blamed Iranian authorities for allowing tens of thousands of Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims to storm a border crossing and enter the country without visas, in a rare public confrontation between the two neighbors. The ministry said in a
U.N. condemns strike behind Aleppo’s water cut
An air strike on a water treatment plant in Syria last Thursday cut water supplies for 3.5 million people, and although pumping has been partly restored, 1.4 million still have reduced supply, the head of U.N. agency UNICEF in Syria
Putin: Turkey shot down jet to protect ISIS oil trade
The war of words between Russia and Turkey continue after Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ankara of shooting down one of their warplanes last week to protect supplies of oil from ISIS to Turkey. “We have every reason to think
Israeli police shoot two alleged Palestinian attackers, one dead
Israeli police have shot two Palestinian alleged attackers in two separate incidents near Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, leaving one dead and the other wounded, Israeli authorities have said. The first incident in which a Palestinian
‘The Blind Orchestra’ wins top prize at Carthage film festival
Moroccan director Mohammed Mouftakir’s “L’Orchestre des Aveugles” (The Blind Orchestra) took the Tanit d’Or Saturday at the Carthage Film Festival, blighted earlier in the week by a suicide bombing in the Tunisian capital. The Tanit d’Argent was awarded to “The
Repeated barrel-bombing of Syria hospital killed 7: MSF
The Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charity on Tuesday decried the repeated barrel-bombing of a hospital in a besieged opposition-held part of the central Syrian city of Homs, leaving seven dead and 47 wounded. Saturday’s bombing “shows all the signs of
Russian strikes in Syria kill 18, wound dozens
Airstrikes believed to have been carried out by Russian warplanes killed at least 18 people and wounded dozens more on Sunday in a northern Syrian town held by non-Daesh rebels, Syrian opposition media reported. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human
Kuwait names acting oil minister
Kuwait Oil Minister Ali Al-Omair was moved to the Public Works Ministry in a limited cabinet reshuffle following a row with top oil executives, according to a royal decree. Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh was appointed as acting oil minister, in
KSA shelters 1 million Yemeni refugee
Yemeni Foreign Minister Riad Yassin recently warned that Yemen may be on the brink of social collapse after recent insurgency acts, a local newspaper reported. Yassin said that future Iranian attempts to interfere in the country might involve trying to
At NATO, Turkey remains defiant over Russian jet
Turkey’s prime minister dismissed on Monday any suggestion Ankara should apologize for downing a Russian warplane in its airspace last week, after winning strong NATO support for the right to defend itself. Six days after NATO member Turkey shot down
Russia’s Putin says ISIS oil going through Turkey
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia had received more information showing that Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) oil was going via Turkey and that Turkey’s downing of a Russian plane was dictated by a desire
Al-Azhar: Marrying ISIS fighters for few hours is forbidden by Islam
It is unlawful in Islam for a marriage between members of ISIS, and women affiliated to them, for just a few hours before then divorcing and marrying once again merely for sexual purposes, the Cairo-based Al-Azhar Observatory stated. In a
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