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 »
Tag Archives: Turkey
U.S., Turkey discuss transition away from Assad
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said he and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan he had discussed a transition of power in Syria away from President Bashar al-Assad during a four-hour meeting in Istanbul on Saturday. Turkey has been a reluctant partner
Turkey trains Kurdish Peshmerga forces in fight against ISIS
Turkish soldiers are training Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq and will give similar assistance to a new national army unit in Baghdad as part of the struggle against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a senior Turkish official
Iraq, Turkey vow to work together against ISIS
Iraq’s prime minister said his country and neighboring Turkey have agreed on closer security and intelligence cooperation in the face of the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi spoke on Thursday
Suspected U.S. strikes hit Syrian Al-Qaeda-held town
An airstrike believed to have been carried out by the U.S.-led coalition overnight hit a town controlled by al-Qaeda militants in northwestern Syria, activists said Wednesday. Harem, on an important smuggling route to Turkey, is controlled by al-Qaeda’s Syrian branch,
Turkey fears ‘2-3 million more refugees’ if Aleppo falls
Turkey fears another two to three million Syrian refugees could cross its borders if the region of Syria’s second city of Aleppo is overrun either by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or regime forces, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu
Istanbul’s giant mosque to be ‘female-friendly’
Istanbul’s giant Çamlıca Mosque, being built on a hilltop overlooking the Bosporus from the city’s Asian side, will be “female friendly,” Turkish media reported on Friday. The mosque, reportedly the biggest to be built in the country since the founding
Turkish teen arrested for ‘burying alive sister’s boyfriend’
A young Turkish man has been arrested on suspicion of burying alive a teenager who had a pre-marital relationship with his sister, reports said Monday. Akin Tokdenir, 18, was arrested along with his father Ahmet on suspicion of the murder
Turkey, U.S. agree on plan to train 2,000 moderate Syrian rebels: report
Turkey and the United States have agreed a plan under which some 2,000 fighters from the moderate Syrian opposition would be trained on Turkish soil, a report said Saturday. The fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) will be trained
Erdogan says Muslims, not Columbus, discovered Americas
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that the Americas were discovered by Muslims in the 12th century, nearly three centuries before Christopher Columbus set foot there. “Contacts between Latin America and Islam date back to the 12th century. Muslims
Libya frees nine Turks detained by army
Libya on Friday released nine Turks who had been captured by the army and handed them over to representatives from Ankara, a government statement said. The men had been captured by troops in the embattled eastern city of Benghazi, where
Syria’s opposition warns of upcoming food shortage
Syria’s Western-backed opposition on Thursday called on international donors to help stave off a food crisis in the country where drought and civil war have caused a dramatic drop in wheat production this year. The United Nations predicted earlier this
Fleeing Syrians face ‘new level of hopelessness’
A new report says the plight of people fleeing Syria’s civil war has reached “a new level of hopelessness” as overstretched neighbors make it more difficult to escape and developed countries like the United States resettle a tiny number of
Iran denies nuclear scientist killed in Syria
Iran denied on Wednesday a monitoring group’s report that an Iranian nuclear scientist had been killed in Syria last week, according to the official IRNA news agency. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday five nuclear engineers, four
Turkish architects urge pope not to visit Erdogan’s ‘White Palace’
Turkish architects have urged Pope Francis not to set foot in President Tayyip Erdogan’s controversial new 1,000-room palace when he visits Ankara this month and legitimize what they deem an illegal building. The sprawling palace, inaugurated last month and set
Top diplomat says Turkey must counter Armenian genocide claims
Turkey needs to develop a strategy to counter pressure to acknowledge the World War I killings of Armenians as a genocide as the 100th anniversary of the massacres looms, a top Turkish diplomat said Monday. Altay Cengizer, director general for
Turkish resort city bars unauthorized Syrian refugees: reports
The popular Turkish resort of Antalya has barred unauthorized refugees from conflict-torn Syria in a bid to prevent a possible refugee wave, local media reported on Saturday. The city asked to be exempted from a government decree that grants all
Syrian imbroglio figures high in talks between Kingdom, Turkey
Civil unrest in Syria topped the agenda of talks held between Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal held and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu Thursday. “Bilateral relations, as well as key regional and international issues including Iraq and Yemen were also
ICC says won’t prosecute over Israel’s deadly Gaza flotilla raid
The International Criminal Court will not prosecute over Israel’s raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in 2010 in which 10 Turkish activists died, despite a “reasonable basis to believe that war crimes were committed”. Chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said that there
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