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
Protests quelled as Yemen increases fuel prices
Protests erupted in Sanaa on Wednesday and were dispersed by the army after the Yemeni government announced a rise in fuel prices, part of a bid to ease the burden of energy subsidies on the impoverished country’s state finances. Witnesses
Israel determined to destroy Gaza border tunnels: PM
Israel was determined to complete the destruction of tunnels build by Palestinian militants under the Gaza-Israel border regardless of ceasefire efforts, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. “We are determined to complete this mission with or without a ceasefire,”
U.S.: Israeli criticism of Kerry ‘offensive, absurd’
Israeli attacks against U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry accusing him being of a supporter of Hamas are “offensive and absurd,” a senior U.S. diplomat said Wednesday. In a sharp exchange with reporters, deputy State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf hit
75 bodies discovered in Benghazi
BENGHAZI: At least 75 bodies, mostly soldiers, have been found in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi after two days of fighting in which fighters and allied militiamen overran an army base, the Libyan Red Crescent and medical sources said.
Islamists declare ‘Islamic emirate’ in east Libya
Libya’s Islamist militant group Ansar al-Sharia has said that it seized complete control of Benghazi late on Wednesday, declaring the city an “Islamic emirate,” the group’s representative said. Ansar al-Sharia is blacklisted by the United States over its alleged role
ISIS video wages psychological war on Iraqi soldiers
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a breakaway Al-Qaeda group that seized large swathes of Iraq almost unopposed last month, has released a video warning Iraqi soldiers who may still have some fight in them that they risk
Egypt slams Iranian claims of delaying Gaza aid
Despite accusations that Egypt obstructed Palestinians’ access to medical treatment in Tehran, an Egyptian Foreign Ministry official Wednesday denied the claims, according to Egypt’s state news agency MENA. Iran criticized Egypt on Wednesday for delays in issuing permits to bring
World stands ‘disgraced’: 16 die as Israel shells UN school
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned an Israeli strike on a Gaza school that killed 16 people as “unjustifiable” Wednesday, calling for those responsible to be held to account. “This morning a UN school sheltering thousands of Palestinian families suffered
ISIS defends demolition of Iraqi shrines
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria defended Tuesday its destruction of religious sites in the Iraqi city of Mosul on the grounds that the use of mosques built on graves amounted to idolatry. “The demolition of structures erected above
Iraq insurgents destroy key bridge
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria destroyed on Tuesday a key bridge on the highway leading north from Baghdad, a move that could further hamper Iraqi government efforts to battle jihadists. The destruction of the bridge, just south of
China says it may have citizens fighting in Iraq
Muslim extremists from China’s far western region of Xinjiang have gone to the Middle East for training and some may have crossed into Iraq to participate in the upsurge of violence there, China’s special envoy for the Middle East said
Sales of black market oil surge in Middle East
Crude oil sales through non-governmental channels are a rising trend in the Middle East, with Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) radical fighters and Iraqi Kurdistan getting in on the action, experts say. In conflict-ridden, oil-drenched Iraq, both ISIS
Report: Israel’s Iron Dome makers were hit by hackers
Three Israeli defence contractors behind the Iron Dome missile shield and related systems were themselves robbed of hundreds of documents by hackers linked to the Chinese government starting in 2011, according to an independent U.S. security researcher. Krebs on Security,
Islamists storm Benghazi base as chaos grips Libya
Islamist fighters and militants overran a major Libyan army base in the eastern city of Benghazi on Tuesday after a fierce battle involving rockets and warplanes in which at least 30 people were killed, Reuters reported. Special Forces had to
Palestinian commando kill five Israeli soldiers
Five Israeli soldiers have been killed in clashes with a Palestinian commando that tried to reach Israeli through a tunnel near the border with Gaza, the army said in a statement on Tuesday. The incident on Monday raised to 10
Israel strikes Gaza from air, sea and land
A Palestinian delegation headed on Tuesday to Cairo to discuss an Egyptian ceasefire plan to end the raging war between Palestinian factions and Israel, sources told Al Arabiya Channel, as Israel dug in for a long war, knocking out a
Blast at Gaza public garden kills 8 children
At least eight children were killed in an explosion at a public garden in northern Gaza on Monday, Reuters quoted medics as saying, as Western powers called for more pressure for a lasting ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. Also Monday,
Fighting in Gaza abates, but truce hopes look fragile
Hamas: We cannot co-exist with occupiers Over 1,030 Palestinians killed in Gaza since July 8 Obama tells Netanyahu immediate cease-fire needed GAZA/JERUSALEM: Fighting subsided in Gaza on Sunday after the Hamas movement said they backed a 24-hour humanitarian truce and
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