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 »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Daily Archives: July 23, 2014
Israel soldier ‘kidnapped’ by Hamas is dead: army
The Israeli army on Tuesday confirmed that a soldier who Hamas militants claimed they had kidnapped is dead and his body remains unaccounted for. The army named the soldier, whose body is still missing, as Oron Shaul, two days after
Turkey’s top cleric calls new Islamic “caliphate” illegitimate
The declaration of a “caliphate” by Islamist militants in Iraq lacks legitimacy and their death threats to Christians are a danger to civilisation, Turkey’s top cleric, the successor to the last caliph’s most senior imam, said. Islamic State, an armed
Activists: East Damascus hit by fiercest clashes in months
Eastern Damascus was hit Tuesday by its fiercest fighting in months, a monitor said, as rebels stepped up a bid to break a siege and pro-regime forces tried to stop them. The air force pounded the rebel-held eastern neighbourhood of
Saudi police arrest three men for sexual assault
Police in Riyadh arrested three men who kidnapped and sexually assaulted an Egyptian minor, Al-Hayat daily reported on Monday. A Saudi and two Malians aged in their 20s and 30s kidnapped the 12-year-old boy from in front of his house
Syria strike kills ‘six children from same family’
Six children from the same family were killed in an air strike by government forces on a village in the northern province of Aleppo, a monitoring group said Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, citing local residents, said three
Abbas backs Hamas’ terms for Gaza ceasefire
U.S.-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday endorsed Hamas’ demands for a ceasefire in Gaza, where officials said 624 Palestinians have been killed in 15 days of fighting, Reuters news agency reported. In a move that could effectively turn Abbas
Israel pummels Gaza; Kerry steps up diplomatic push
Israeli forces pounded Gaza on Wednesday, meeting stiff resistance from Hamas Islamists and sending thousands of residents fleeing, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on a visit to Israel ceasefire talks had made some progress. In a blow
ISIS tells Iraqi shops to veil mannequins
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has reportedly given shopkeepers in the Iraqi city of Mosul strict instructions to cover the faces of mannequins, months after seizing control of the country’s second largest city. According to The Associated Press,
Iraq postpones vote for president, delaying power-sharing deal
Iraq’s parliament, which had been due to elect the country’s president on Wednesday, postponed the vote by a day, delaying the formation of a power-sharing government urgently needed to confront a Sunni Muslim uprising. The advance by Sunni Islamist militants
‘I would fire rockets at Israel,’ tweets British MP
A British member of parliament was criticized Wednesday for tweeting that he would fire rockets at Israel if he lived in Palestinian territory. “The big question is – if I lived in Gaza would I fire a rocket? – probably
Plane with first coffins of Malaysian airliner victims leaves Ukraine
A Dutch air force transport plane carrying the first 16 coffins with the remains of victims of the downed Malaysian airliner took off on Wednesday from an airport in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv for the Netherlands. Honorary guards
U.S. House move to block Hezbollah funding
U.S. lawmakers voted Tuesday to thwart efforts to fund Hezbollah by punishing banks and other financial organizations that help the funneling of money to the Lebanese Shiite militant group. The House of Representatives voted unanimously to broaden financial sector sanctions
Libyan rebels behead Filipino ‘for being non-Muslim’
The Philippines on Monday confirmed the death of a Filipino construction worker who was kidnapped and beheaded by militiamen in Libya, in what has been described as the first Filipino death in the country since the 2011 revolution. According to
Saudi center resolves 217 family disputes in seven months
The family center in Al-Sharqiya province has resolved 217 Saudi family disputes from Dec. 2013 until June 2014, Ahmad al-Duryawyash, the center’s head of public relations, told Al-Sharq daily. The center receives 65-75 calls for counseling every month, and either
U.S.: No link to Russia government in downing of flight MH17
Senior U.S. intelligence officials said Tuesday that Russia was responsible for “creating the conditions” that led to the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, but they offered no evidence of direct Russian government involvement. The intelligence officials were cautious
How the Muslim world can learn from the BRICS
By: Mansoor Jafar The news of five countries of the world creating an international bank created quite a stir among Western media outlets lately since the primary aim of the bank is to curb the growing global hegemony of the
Reflections on religion this Ramadan
By: Peter Millett During Ramadan, the pace of life in the Middle East changes. Office hours reduce and the rhythm of meetings slows down. The traffic in the morning is quieter and the roads are almost empty in the early
Qatar’s emir arrives in Jeddah for talks with King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani arrived in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah on Tuesday for talks with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, an Al Arabiya correspondent reported. The meeting is the first for the two Arab leaders since
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