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
Turkey prosecutors seek life jail for eight over mining disaster
Prosecutors have demanded life imprisonment for eight executives of a coal mine company in Turkey operating a facility where 301 workers were killed in May in the country’s worst mining accident, media reported on Wednesday. Prosecutors in the western city
Pro-Kurdish politician stabbed in Turkish capital
A Turkish politician was stabbed repeatedly in the capital Ankara on Tuesday, in an attack that his pro-Kurdish party blamed on a government-led ‘lynch campaign’ against it. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu condemned the stabbing of Ahmet Karatas, a member of
Turkey summons German envoy over ‘Erdogan as dog’ cartoon in textbook
The Turkish foreign ministry on Monday summoned the German ambassador to protest at the appearance in a German school textbook of a caricature of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a dog. German ambassador Eberhard Pohl was summoned over the cartoon
Boat sinks in Black Sea near Istanbul, at least 24 migrants killed
Rescuers pulled 24 dead bodies from the sea at the mouth of Istanbul’s Bosphorus strait on Monday and rescued seven people after a boat carrying a group of migrants sank, the Turkish Coastguard Command said. Seven coastguard vessels and a
Erdogan’s new $350 mln palace draws controversy
It is reportedly larger than the White House, the Kremlin and Buckingham Palace: Turkey’s new presidential palace spreads over some 50 acres of forest land, boasts 1,000 rooms, an underground tunnel system, state-of-the-art anti-espionage technology and a blend of modernist
Iraqi Peshmerga fighters ‘cross into Kobane’
Some 150 Iraqi Peshmerga fighters left a Turkish military warehouse to head across the border and join the fight in the key border town of Kobane which is under assault by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants. The
Peshmerga leave Turkish restaurant ‘without paying’
They came, they saw and they left, purportedly, without paying the bill. Amid confusion over the plans of the Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters set to cross from Turkey to fight militants in Kobane, one contingent ate a full meal in
Too much focus on Kobane in anti-ISIS campaign: Erdogan
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday he believed that the coalition combatting Islamic State militants was focusing too much on the Syrian town of Kobani near the Turkish border and should turn its attention to other areas “Why Kobani
Saudi Arabia, Turkey bound by history, common values
Turkey will mobilize its expertise to promote regional and global peace, said Yunus Demirer, Turkish ambassador to the Kingdom, on Wednesday. The ambassador was addressing a packed audience at the 91st anniversary celebrations of the foundation of the Republic of
‘Hope waning’ for trapped Turkish miners
Hope is waning of saving 18 Turkish miners trapped by a flood in a mine in the south of the country, the energy minister acknowledged Thursday, as rescue efforts entered a third day. “Time is ticking by. I have to
First Iraqi Kurdish forces enter Syria’s Kobani
The first Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters entered the beseiged Syrian town of Kobani through the border crossing with Turkey on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The British-based monitoring group said 10 fighters had moved in and the
Turkey seeks to rescue 18 miners trapped by flood
Turkish emergency workers were Wednesday trying to reach 18 miners who were trapped when their shaft was engulfed by water, amid growing fears that they may have drowned. The accident in the southern province of Karaman was the latest to
U.S. Gen. Allen: Kobane unlikely to fall to ISIS
The man appointed to coordinate the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) says Kurdish Peshmerga fighters will thwart the militant group’s attempts to seize control of the Syrian city of Kobane. “We don’t think Kobane
Peshmerga, FSA en-route to join the battle for Kobane
Iraqi-Kurdish Peshmerga forces, along with fighters from the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) deployed to the Syrian-Kurdish town of Kobane where fierce fighting with Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants continues, Agence France-Presse reported. Turkish officials confirmed that
First Peshmerga arrive in Turkey, bound for Kobane
The first group of Iraqi-Kurdish forces deployed to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants around the Syrian town of Kobane arrived in neighboring Turkey early Wednesday, Agence France-Presse reported. An unknown number of Peshmerga fighters were
Twenty Turkish miners trapped in mine collapse: official
Some 20 miners were trapped in a coal mine in southern Turkey on Tuesday after a portion of the mine collapsed due to a build-up of water, officials said. There were 40 miners underground at the time of the accident
Turkey: suspicious packages contained chalk dust
An official says the suspicious powdery substance that was sent to six consulates in Istanbul, leading to the hospitalization of more than 30 staff members, was a material similar to chalk dust. Health Ministry Undersecretary Eyup Gumus said Tuesday that
Turkey wants anti-Assad rebels to control Kobane, says Turkish PM
Turkey cannot be expected to send troops to defend the besieged Syrian border town of Kobani and only Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters and Syria’s own moderate opposition can save it, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said. U.S. warplanes have been bombing
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