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 »
Two Israeli soldiers wounded by gunfire from Egypt’s Sinai
Two Israeli soldiers near the border with Egypt were wounded by gunfire from Sinai on Wednesday, Al Arabiya correspondent reported, citing the Israeli army. In a statement on Twitter, the army said: “2 IDF soldiers were injured by fire directed
Iraqi Kurds to vote on sending forces to Syria
Iraq’s Kurdish regional parliament will hold a session on Wednesday to vote on deploying peshmerga security forces to aid Syrian Kurds battling jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group, a senior lawmaker said. The planned vote raises
Iraqi tribes in tense Abu Ghraib vow to resist ISIS
The Baghdad suburb of Abu Ghraib, best known for its infamous prison, sits close enough to Baghdad’s airport that you can see the control tower in the distance. It’s an enticing potential prize for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Syria claims it destroyed jets seized by ISIS
The Syrian air force has destroyed two of three jets seized and reportedly test flown over Aleppo by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group last week, according to the country’s information minister. Omran al-Zoubi told Syrian TV late
Kerry: status quo between Israel, Palestinians ‘unsustainable’
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that the “status quo” in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was “unsustainable” and that the United States understands of the urgency of the situation. “The current situation, the status quo, is unsustainable,” Kerry
Calling all actors for Iftah Ya Simsim!
Iftah Ya Simsim, the Arabic television series targeting children, is calling on talented, funny and classical Arabic speaking actors to put their entertaining skills to a test for a chance to be part of the upcoming show’s cast list. Open
Robots, trolls and the dead dig up new film fans
LOS ANGELES: An oversized personal health-care robot assistant might seem out of place next to the princesses and furry animals that have won over legions of fans, young and old, in animated films. But for every young girl belting out
Syrian academic leaves job to join IS extremist group
A Syrian woman academic who taught jurisprudence and Islamic economics at Dammam University has joined the IS radical group, which is also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), according to recent local media reports. Eman Mustafa Al-Bugga
Silence of intellectuals and emergence of IS
By: Mohammed Fahad Al-Harthi The rapid rise of the so-called Islamic State has exposed clear fault-lines in the Arab world, not least the failure of Arab intellectuals to stand up and be counted in the face of autocracy and fascism
In Yemen, neither unity nor separation is a gain
By: Jamal Khashoggi My friend Hamad al-Ammari, of the Arab Thought Foundation, invited me to their upcoming conference Morocco which will be on “Arab Integration: The dream of unity and reality of division.” I told him that if I attend,
The Turkish conundrum
By: Mahir Ali Turkey’s decision, announced on Monday, to permit Kurdish fighters to percolate across its border with Syria to aid the defense of Kobani against the Islamic State (IS) came as something of a surprise, particularly in the wake
How Iran will benefit from regional unrest
By: Osama Al Sharif Iran could emerge as a winner from the open-ended war on the self-ascribed Islamic State (IS), which has shifted attention from Tehran’s attempt to expand its sphere of influence and improve its position as a regional
The Kurdish way of fighting ISIS
By: Octavia Nasr Images speak volumes. Terrorists of the so-called “Islamic State,” or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, know that very well and employ it in their fear-instilling tactics. It is our responsibility to remember that images are
The solution to poverty lies in love : Harun Yahya
By: Harun Yahya One of the greatest problems facing the world, and Africa in particular, is that of poverty and people living on the edge of starvation. When we look at research into poverty and publications on the subject, we
Third ISIS fighter from UK city killed in Syria
A third British citizen fighting for the the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militant group has been killed during fighting in Syria, a newspaper in his UK hometown of Portsmouth reported. Committee chairman of the Portsmouth’s Jami Mosque Abdul
Kobani defenders hold out as Iraq Kurds vote on reinforcements
MURSITPINAR, Turkey: Kurdish fighters defending Syria’s border town of Kobani held out against the Islamic State group Wednesday, anxious for relief as Iraq’s Kurdish parliament was set to vote on sending reinforcements. Backed by air strikes from a US-led coalition,
Father of British hostage John Cantlie dies
The father of British photojournalist John Cantlie has died, a fortnight after making a impassioned appeal to Islamic State militants to release his son, the family said on Wednesday. Paul Cantlie died on Thursday aged 80 from “complications following pneumonia”,
Jaguar Land Rover sees China sales growth halving this year
CHANGSHU, China: British luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover Ltd. sees sales growth in China roughly halving this year and decelerating even further next year due to a larger base of comparison and slower expansion of the world’s largest auto market.
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