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
Cameron urges fightback after Tunisia attack
British Prime Minister David Cameron called for a fightback against extremism on Monday in response to a mass shooting in Tunisia that killed at least 38 people including many British tourists. “To our shock and grief we must add another
ISIS issues audio clip of ‘Kuwait bomber’
ISIS released an audio clip purporting to be a posthumous statement by a militant who killed 27 people in a suicide bombing attack on a Kuwait mosque on Friday. The statement consisted largely of Quranic verses and was released on
Palestinian hunger strike detainee ‘to be freed’
Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan ended a 56-day hunger strike on Sunday after Israel agreed to release him, his lawyer and the Palestinian Prisoners Club announced. Adnan, 37, has been in prison for a year under administrative detention, which allows imprisonment
Israel bars activist flotilla from reaching Gaza
Israel said on Monday it had blocked a boat leading a four-vessel protest flotilla of foreign activists from reaching the Gaza Strip and forced the vessel to sail to an Israeli port. An Israeli military statement said there was no
Three killed in mortar attack on Damascus: state TV
A mortar bomb killed three people and wounded 12 more in a market place in northeast Damascus on Sunday, Syrian state television reported, after months of relative calm in the capital. The bomb exploded in a market in Saroujah district
Gunmen kill senior Iraqi oil official in Kirkuk
Gunmen shot dead a senior oil official working for Iraq’s state-run North Oil Company (NOC) on Sunday, police and company officials said. NOC’s chief of operations, Saad al-Karbalaie, was killed in the northern oil city of Kirkuk after gunmen forced
Turkish police use water cannon to disperse gay pride parade
Turkish police fired water cannon and rubber pellets to disperse a crowd gathered in central Istanbul for the city’s annual gay pride parade, a Reuters cameraman at the scene said. The police appeared intent on stopping the crowd gathering near
Kuwait arrests driver in mosque attack
Kuwaiti police arrested a driver who transported a suicide bomber to a Shiite mosque where he blew himself up, killing 26 and injuring 227 people, the interior ministry said on Sunday. Authorities have also detained the owner of the house
Disputes remain as Iran nuke deal deadline approaches
Iran and world powers started a fresh round of nuclear talks in Vienna with diplomats still worried about persistent serious issues still needing to be resolved. The talks, which are due to end on June 30, are likely to be
Turkey detains 12 ISIS militants in Kilis province
Turkey arrested 12 members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the south-central province of Kilis, the Istanbul-based Daily Sabah reported Saturday quoting the Turkish General Staff (TSK). The arrest, which took place on June 26, included
Kuwait identifies mosque bomber as Saudi national
Kuwait has identified the suicide bomber who carried out the country’s worst attack as a Saudi citizen, Kuwait state media reported on Sunday. The interior ministry named the bomber as Fahd Suliman Abdul-Muhsen al-Qabaa and said he flew into Kuwait’s
Kerry, Zarif begin nuclear talks in Vienna
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iran’s foreign minister kicked off Saturday crunch talks in Vienna seeking to seal a historic nuclear deal by a June 30 deadline, U.S. officials said. The meeting between Kerry and Mohammad Javad Zarif
Kuwait probes suspects linked to mosque attack
Kuwait began interrogating suspects linked to a deadly suicide attack on a Shiite mosque that claimed the lives of 27 people in the Gulf state’s capital, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. An ISIS statement posted on social media earlier on
Iraqi official: 36% of Diyala’s residents return to ‘liberated’ province
The head of the security committee in Diyala province, Sadiq al-Husssaini, said on Saturday that 36 percent of the families who fled to escape Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants’ assault have returned, the local al-Sumaria News website
Kurds drive ISIS militants from Syria’s Kobane
Kurdish forces drove ISIS militants from the Syrian town of Kobane on Saturday, a monitor and activists reported. The news followed an explosion which hit the town, a witness told Reuters news agency, sending plumes of smoke into the air.
Syrian rescue expert urges U.N. to stop barrel bomb attacks
The head of a Syrian rescue organization that searches for survivors and more often finds bodies in the rubble left by what he says are barrel bombs dropped from government helicopters appealed to the U.N. Security Council on Friday to
ISIS claims Tunisia beach resort massacre
ISIS on Saturday claimed responsibility for a massacre in a Tunisian seaside resort that left 38 dead in the worst attack in the country’s recent history. Eight Britons, one Belgian and one German have been identified among those who were
25 killed in ISIS attack on Kuwait mosque
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has claimed on Friday the deadly bombing on a Kuwaiti mosque, which left at least 25 people killed and 202 wounded, according to the interior mosque. An ISIS statement posted on social
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