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: UNITED STATES
A deep and dangerous knowledge gap
By : Ray Hanania :: Americans are the most educated people in the world but the least educated about the world. The American education gap widens when it comes to topics of the Middle East, an area they should be
Gap in understanding means that fake news thrives
By : Faisal J. Abbas :: Is it a surprise that there is a lack of knowledge about the Arab world in the US? Perhaps not, but just how pronounced this awareness gap is — as revealed by a recent
100 days of President Trump: Flip flops or pragmatic realism?
By : Dr. Mohamed A. Ramady :: Just like pundits were split on President Trump’s election success and the reasons behind it, we are now again witnessing many acres of print in assessing the presidential first 100 days. They are
Polarized media a challenge to US perceptions of Arab world
By : Stephan Shakespeare :: We are living at a time of rising global tensions, with fears of new wars and even nuclear conflict becoming more real than at any moment since the 1970s. America appears more isolationist since the
Saudi Aramco takes ownership of the largest US oil refinery
:: Saudi Aramco now officially owns the largest oil refinery in America and the 600,000 barrels processed per day in Texas, a news report has revealed. According to a report in the Washington Times, Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) released a
Trump says he ‘would be honored’ to meet Kim Jong Unit
:: US President Donald Trump opened the door Monday to a future meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, offering unusual praise for the globally ostracized leader at a time of surging nuclear tensions. Trump’s conciliatory comments marked a departure
Trump questions why US Civil War had to happen
:: Donald Trump has shown a fascination with populist 19th-century US president Andrew Jackson since he has occupied the Oval Office, hanging “Old Hickory’s” portrait in the Oval Office, visiting his plantation in Tennessee and placing a wreath at his
Trump adviser to leave the White House
An adviser to President Donald Trump will be leaving the White House A senior administration official says Sebastian Gorka, a former counterterrorism analyst for Fox News who joined the administration as a counterterrorism adviser, will be leaving the White House
Trump says China could have hacked Democratic e-mails
President Donald Trump said China may have hacked the e-mails of Democratic officials to meddle with the 2016 presidential election, countering the view of US intelligence officials who have said Moscow orchestrated the hacks. In an interview transcript published on
’Godfather’ cast members reunite at New York film fest
Cast members of “The Godfather” movies were reunited in Manhattan Saturday, nearly half a century after the first of the legendary mafia films hit theaters. American filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola reminisced with actors Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan, Diane
Erdogan: Turkey and US can turn Raqa into ‘graveyard’ for ISIS
Turkey and the United States can join forces to turn ISIS’s defacto capital of Raqa in Syria into a “graveyard” for the militants, the Turkish president said on Saturday. “The huge America, the coalition and Turkey can join hands and
Lavrov says Russia ready to cooperate with US on Syria
Moscow is ready to cooperate with the United States on settling the Syrian crisis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported. Russian authorities reiterate periodically that they stand ready to renew cooperation with Washington on
North Korea test-fires ballistic missile in defiance of world pressure
North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile on Saturday, the South Korean and US militaries said, defying warnings from the United States and the reclusive state’s main ally, China, which have tried for years to rein in its arms programs. The
US troops monitor situation along Syria-Turkey border
A commander of the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said on Friday US forces would begin monitoring the situation along the Syria-Turkey frontier after cross-border fire between the Turkish military and YPG this week. The monitoring had not yet begun, but
Philippine leader says N. Korea’s Kim “wants to end the world,” urges US restraint
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday urged the United States to show restraint after North Korea’s latest missile test and to avoid playing into the hands of leader Kim Jong Un, who “wants to end the world.” The notoriously blunt
Erdogan: We want a ‘new start’ with the US
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Friday that he and his US counterpart Donald Trump would open a new chapter in relations between Turkey and the United States by mid-May. “I am confident that we will have a new
Trump administration considering assisting Arab coalition in war against Houthis
US officials have revealed that elaborate discussions are taking place within the administration of President Donald Trump that will provide more assistance to the Gulf States in their war against the Houthi militias and their Iranian allies. According to Reuters,
At UN, US calls for pressure on Russia to try to end Syria war
The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, pushed the UN Security Council on Thursday to focus “all eyes and all pressure” on Russia to try and end the Syrian conflict and pressed for council action even if it
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