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: News
Israel to develop ‘Iron Spade’ to counter Hamas
Israel is developing a new system that will detect and destruct tunnels as they are dug by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, Britain’s weekly The Sunday Times reported. The new system, which was developed by a consortium led by
Did Russia and Ukraine just start a war? What we know and don’t know
On Friday, as a Russian “aid convoy” of 280 trucks neared the Ukrainian border, NATO said that a separate “incursion” of Russian military forces had crossed into Ukraine. The Russian forces are reportedly in eastern Ukrainian territory held by Russia-backed
Taliban hangs five in Afghanistan’s Helmand as fighting rages
The Taliban executed five people in a busy opium market in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province and left their bodies hanging overnight after accusing them of kidnapping a businessman, officials told Reuters. The militant group has stepped up its fight for
Rival Libyan militias clash in Tripoli
Heavy fighting erupted on Saturday between rival militias in Libya’s capital, hours after the new U.N. special envoy said he planned to visit Tripoli as early as next week to try to broker a ceasefire. Gunfire and shelling with Grad
U.S. confirms nine airstrikes near Erbil, Mosul dam
The U.S. military confirmed it conducted nine airstrikes Saturday near Erbil and Iraq’s largest dam in an effort to help Kurdish forces retake it from violent extremists, Agence France-Presse reported. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said fighter jets and drones had
Cameron warns ISIS could come to Britain’s streets
Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria are a direct threat to Britain and the country must use all of its “military prowess” to halt their advance, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Sunday. “If we do not
Hamas to Israel: meet demands or face ‘long war’
Offers made to the Palestinian delegation in the Egyptian capital of Cairo fail to meet the aspirations of the people, said Hamas’s head of foreign affairs, Osama Hamdan, raising doubts about the chances of reaching a truce with Israel in
Pakistan: 60,000 rally against PM Sharif
Pakistan’s famous cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan early Saturday asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to step down to pave the way for fresh elections, saying last year’s vote was massively rigged. Addressing tens of thousands of supporters in the pouring rain
At least 80 killed in northern Iraq ‘massacre’
Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) carried out a “massacre” in the northern Iraq village of Kocho, killing dozens of people, most of them members of the Yazidi religious minority, officials and a witness said Saturday,
Philosophy and chemistry banned in schools by ISIS
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has established an “Islamic curriculum” for students living in the Syrian northern city of Raqqa and banned the study of philosophy and chemistry, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported Friday.
Hezbollah sees ISIS as threat to Gulf, Jordan
The leader of Lebanese group Hezbollah described the radical Islamist movement that has seized territory in Iraq and Syria as a growing “monster” that could threaten Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other Gulf states. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, whose group has
‘Wartime’ Ebola outbreak now spreading faster
The Ebola epidemic is moving faster than the authorities can handle and could take six months to bring under control, the medical charity MSF said on Friday. The warning came a day after the World Health Organization said the scale
Three killed in Egypt as Islamists protest
Three people were killed in the Egyptian capital Friday as supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammad Mursi held scattered protests for a second straight day, a year after the mass killing of protesters at two Cairo sit-ins. Clashes erupted at
ISIS militants desroy Shiite mosque, excecute muezzin
Islamist militants blew up a Shiite prayer hall in the Iraqi town of Jalawla on Friday and publicly executed the muezzin, witnesses and a regional police chief said. Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters detained the muezzin, who
Sunni leaders open to joining Iraq’s new govt
Tribal leaders and clerics from Iraq’s Sunni-majority provinces on Friday offered their conditional backing for a new government that hopes to contain sectarian bloodshed and an offensive by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants that threatens to tear
U.N. Security Council blacklists ISIS militants
The United Nations Security Council took aim at Islamist militants in Iraq and Syria on Friday, blacklisting six people including the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) spokesman and threatening sanctions against those who finance, recruit or supply weapons
U.S. jets strike near ISIS-held Mosul dam
U.S. warplanes carried out on Saturday airstrikes in northern Iraq near the Mosul dam which was seized earlier this month by Sunni fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), CNN reported citing the Kurdish news agency Rudaw.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah meets Jordanian sovereign in Jeddah
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz met Jordan’s King Abdullah II bin al-Hussein at his palace in the kingdom’s city of Jeddah on Thursday, discussing regional and international events, including the Gaza conflict, the state-run Saudi
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