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
Lebanon arrests 5 Syrians, 1 Palestinian suspect in Beirut bombings
Lebanese authorities arrested five Syrians and a Palestinian suspected of being implicated in the twin suicide bombings in central Beirut on Thursday that killed 43 people, a senior security source said on Saturday. The bombings in a busy residential and
Turkish jets hit Kurdish targets in northern Iraq
Turkish jets hit Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq overnight on Friday, a senior security official said, as President Tayyip Erdogan urged the international community to prioritise the fight against terrorism in the wake of the Paris attacks. Eight F-16
EU’s Mogherini hails ‘very good meeting’ on Syria
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini hailed a “very good meeting” on the Syria crisis between 17 countries and three global bodies in Vienna on Saturday. “The process can definitively start,” she told journalists after the talks to find
Israel razes homes of four Palestinian ‘attackers’
Israel razed the homes in the occupied West Bank of four Palestinians blamed for attacking Israelis, the army said on Saturday, its latest punitive demolitions after weeks of deadly unrest. The demolitions came hours after an Israeli father and son
Cyclones Chapala and Megh killed 26 in Yemen: U.N.
Two rare cyclones a week apart have killed 26 people and affected thousands of families in the southeast of war-torn Yemen, the United Nations said in a statement Saturday. Tropical storms Chapala and Megh this month hit the island of
U.S., allies conduct 27 strikes against ISIS
The United States and its allies targeted Islamist militants in Iraq with 20 air strikes on Friday, and also hit the militant group with seven air strikes in Syria, the U.S. military said on Saturday. Nine of the strikes in
ISIS claims Paris attacks and releases video threat
ISIS claimed gun and bomb attacks that left at leas 127 people dead in Paris in a statement posted online on Saturday. It said “eight brothers wearing explosive belts and carrying assault rifles” conducted a “blessed attack on… Crusader France.”
Syria’s Assad: Paris attacks result of French policy
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Saturday that French policy had contributed to the “spread of terrorism” that culminated in gun and bomb attacks which killed 128 people in Paris. In a meeting with a delegation of French lawmakers in Damascus,
Saudi Arabia’s top clerics condemn Paris attack
Saudi Arabia’s highest religious body condemned on Saturday a coordinated assault by gunmen and bombers that killed 127 people across Paris as contrary to Islamic values. “Terrorists are not sanctioned by Islam and these acts are contrary to values of
U.S. targets ISIS leader in Libya, Turkey kills 4 militants near Syria
United States carried out airstrike in Libya against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader, said a U.S. official. Seperately, Turkish security forces on Saturday killed four suspected ISIS militants near the Syrian border in the southeastern province of
ISIS claims Paris attacks and releases video threat
ISIS claimed gun and bomb attacks that left at leas 127 people dead in Paris in a statement posted online on Saturday. It said “eight brothers wearing explosive belts and carrying assault rifles” conducted a “blessed attack on… Crusader France.”
Opposition dazed after Erdogan poll knockout
The stunning victory of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party in legislative elections has plunged the Turkish opposition into disarray, leaving it fighting simmering rebellions and baffled over how to challenge the strongman leader. Leaders of the traditional opposition parties are
Gum and roses: Syrian refugee children in sales, not schools
Rula has not had a three-month holiday from school, because she has not attended school for the last three years. With her broken shoes and dirty clothes, she begs for money on the streets of Beirut. Occasionally, she sells chewing
Divisions rife as Syria talks open in Vienna
Some 20 countries and international bodies meet in Vienna again Saturday groping for a way out of Syria’s horrific civil war, with deep divisions over President Bashar al-Assad’s future and which rebel groups to back. The second such gathering in
Arab states condemn ‘terrorist’ Paris attacks
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar and Egypt have been among the Arab states leading condemnations of the simultaneous attacks in Paris that killed more than 140 people late Friday. A Saudi foreign ministry source said the kingdom “strongly denounces
Iraqi military advances on ISIS-held Ramadi
Iraq’s military said on Friday its forces had advanced on three fronts to begin clearing Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants from the western city of Ramadi, but police and government officials said progress was extremely slow. The
Putin says has no ‘right’ to ask Assad to leave power
President Vladimir Putin said in an interview released Friday that Russia has no “right” to ask Syrian leader Bashar Assad to leave power. His remarks came just days before leaders from the world’s top 20 industrial powers gather in Turkey
Russian aviation authority bans flights by Egypt airline to Russia
Russia has banned incoming flights by Egypt’s state-owned airline, an official of Moscow’s Domodedovo airport said on Friday, two weeks after a Russian jet crash in Sinai that Islamist militants claimed to have caused. The aviation agency Rosaviatsia declined to
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