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
German ISIS suspect held after Syria return
Months after he returned from Syria, a 24-year-old German suspected of joining ISIS militants was arrested on Saturday, German federal prosecutors said in a statement. According to the statement, the suspect allegedly arrived in Syria in October 2013 and was
Jordan’s king and queen to attend mass rally in Paris
Jordan’s king and queen will attend a mass national rally in Paris on Sunday, in tribute to the 17 victims of a three-day Islamist killing spree, the French presidency said. Some 45 foreign leaders and officials will be present at
Seven killed in north Lebanon suicide attack
At least seven people were killed and scores more were wounded in a suicide attack in a pro-Assad neighborhood of the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. Syria’s Al-Qaeda wing claimed responsibility for the attack. According to the army, the attack
Report: intelligence points to Assad’s secret nuke program
Intelligence suggests that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is building a secret underground plant with the aim of developing nuclear weapons, Germany’s Spiegel news magazine said Friday. Citing information made available by unidentified intelligence sources, Spiegel said the plant was in
Gaza bank hit by explosion
An explosion hit a Palestinian bank in the Gaza Strip, destroying an ATM, witnesses said, but there were no reports of injuries. The Gaza interior ministry said an investigation had been opened into the blast on Friday night at a
Police defuse bomb found in Istanbul shopping mall
Turkish police defused an improvised bomb found in a mall in an eastern suburb of Istanbul on Saturday, the private Dogan news agency reported. Police also detonated potentially explosive butane canisters found at another mall nearby. It is the third
Kuwait jails ex-minister over article criticizing government
Kuwait authorities arrested a former liberal cabinet minister as he attempted to leave the country Saturday, after being sentenced to a week in jail over an article criticizing the government, his lawyer said. Saad al-Ajmi, information minister between 1999-2000, was
Media: Avalanche kills one, traps four in northeastern Turkey
One worker was killed and four were trapped by an avalanche in Turkey’s northeastern Trabzon region on Saturday following a week of vicious snow storms across the region, the disaster management agency (AFAD) said. The five workers were repairing a
Two headless bodies found in Egypt’s Sinai
Two headless bodies were found in a village in Egypt’s restive North Sinai region on Saturday, police said, the latest in a series of beheadings allegedly carried out by Islamist militants. The bodies of two men, believed to be civilians
Activists: ISIS brings fighters from Syria’s Deir al-Zour to Iraq
Islamist militants have brought dozens of fighters from the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zour to Iraq to join them in their fight against security forces, Al Sumaria News reported activists as saying on Saturday. Without specifying an exact figure,
Libya’s factions agree to new talks at U.N.
Libya’s factions have agreed to a new round of negotiations to attempt to end the North African country’s crisis, the United Nations said on Saturday. The meeting will take place next week at the United Nations office at Geneva, the
Turkey places 3,000 Syrians in winter camp
Turkey rounded up more than 300 Syrian refugees in Ankara on Friday, tearing down makeshift shelters, eyewitnesses said, in what authorities described as an operation to send vulnerable families to camps as winter temperatures plunge. Turkey has removed 3,000 refugees
Iran’s Rowhani condemns killing in name of Islam
Iranian President Hassan Rowhani has denounced “terrorism” and violence committed in the name of Islam, after the deadly attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. In remarks carried by Iranian media on Friday, Rowhani said “violence and terrorism
Syrian opposition figure declines Moscow parley later this month
Prominent Syrian opposition figure Mouaz Al Khatib said on Friday he had turned down an invitation to a Moscow meeting with Syrian government officials, in a further blow to Russian efforts to find a solution to the Syrian conflict. “We
Yemen arrests 5 suspects in police academy bombing
Yemeni security forces have arrested five suspected Al-Qaeda members accused of carrying out a car bomb attack on a police academy that killed 40 people, the Sanaa police chief said Friday. General Abdel Razaq al-Moayed, quoted by the official Saba
Turkish leftist group retracts claim of responsibility for bomb attack
A far-left Turkish group on Friday retracted its claim of responsibility for a suicide bombing of a police station in central Istanbul this week. A woman entered the police station in the historic Sultanahmet district on Tuesday, saying in English
Unidentified gunmen shoot, wound man in Egypt’s Arish
Unidentified gunmen shot and wounded a man south of the Egyptian city of Arish in the Sinai Peninsula early Friday, Egypt-based Aswat Masriya news website reported. A 19-year-old man was shot at as he made his way down Arish airport
Rafah to be razed as part of Sinai security zone
Egyptian authorities began evacuating residents from the city of Rafah on Thursday as a senior official confirmed that the town, which borders the Gaza Strip, will be bulldozed as part of an expanding security zone, the New York Times reported.
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