Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment

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 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 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 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 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: August 13, 2014

Journalist among 5 killed as Gaza experts dismantle missile: medics

GAZA CITY: A foreign journalist was among five people killed in northern Gaza as Palestinian experts were dismantling an Israeli missile, medics and officials said. Emergency services spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra said five people had been killed and several more seriously

Politics is not the only solution

Harun Yahya

By : Harun Yahya The past century was marked by countless wars, clashes, massacres and disasters, with deep and long lasting effects on humanity. These calamities claimed more than 250 million lives, leaving countless more homeless and traumatized. In addition

Israel furious as U.N. unveils Gaza probe team

Israel lashed out on Tuesday after the United Nations Human Rights Council named William Schabas as the man running an inquiry into its Gaza offensive, while Palestinians officials were confident the investigation would prove Israeli war crimes, Agence France-Presse reported.

What will it take to stop the war on Gaza?

Ghassan Khatib

By : Ghassan Khatib By now it has become clear that ending this third Israeli war on Gaza is not going to be as easy as starting it. After about a month, the heavy fighting appears to have been supplanted

ISIS militants seize more territory in Syria

ISIS militants have seized several towns and villages from rival Islamist groups in the Syrian province of Aleppo Reuters News Agency reported, citing a monitoring group. The advances by ISIS, already in control of large areas of northern and eastern

Iraq’s Maliki won’t step down until court ruling

Refusing to step down as prime minister, Iraq’s Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday the appointment of Haider al-Abadi to replace him as premier was a “violation” of the constitution and “had no value”. In a televised speech, Maliki said everyone

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah praises nomination of al-Abadi as Iraq’s new PM

Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz congratulated on Tuesday Haidar al-Abadi on being nominated Iraq’s prime minister-designate, according to the Saudi Press Agency. “King Abdullah sent a communique to congratulate Haidar al-Abadi on being nominated the prime minister-designate of our brother

Egypt’s top religious authority condemns ISIS

Egypt’s top religious authority condemned the armed group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) which has taken over parts of Iraq and Syria, describing it on Tuesday as a corrupt, extremist organisation that is damaging Islam. “An extremist and

Terror tunnel found near Yemen ex-president home

Yemeni authorities are investigating a tunnel dug near ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh’s residence, the official news agency reported Tuesday, as his party charged it was an assassination plot. Former strongman Saleh ruled Yemen for 33 years before being forced out

Gunmen kill Libyan capital police chief

Unknown attackers have shot and killed Tripoli police chief Colonel Mohamed al-Suissi in the Libyan capital’s eastern suburbs. According to an unnamed security source, Suissi had participated in a meeting of Tajura municipal council in the eastern suburbs on Tuesday

Obama sends more military personnel to Iraq

The Obama administration has sent about 130 additional military personnel to Iraq, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Tuesday, as Washington seeks to help Iraq contain the threat posed by hardline militants from the Islamic State. Hagel, speaking to

Worker injured as fuel truck catches fire

TABUK – A fire broke out in a gas tanker while workers at a gas station, 35 kilometers away from the Taima governorate, were unloading petrol, said Tabuk Civil Defense spokesman Col. Mamdooh Al-Eneizi. One of the workers sustained third-degree

Yanbu Health Affairs chief denies mass resignations

YANBU — The head of Health Affairs in Yanbu has denied rumors that a number of officials have resigned from hospitals in the governorate. Dr. Atallah Al-Jehani said all health sector employees are working as a team and continue to

Iraq relief helicopter crashes, Yazidi MP injured

An Iraqi army helicopter carrying aid and evacuating displaced members of the Yazidi minority in northern Iraq crashed on Tuesday, in an accident that killed the pilot and wounded passengers, a government spokesman said. A Yazidi member of parliament, Vian

Leaking pipes delay airport project

Sixty-nine percent of work for the new King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah has been completed, General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) chief revealed at a press conference on Tuesday. Fahd Bin Abdullah, the president of GACA, spoke to reporters

Indian prime minister visits disputed Kashmir district

Narendra Modi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, the first premier to make such a visit in 15 years. Modi arrived at the Himalayan town of Leh on Tuesday, and is scheduled to travel to

Suicide bomber attacks near home of Iraq’s Abadi

A suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint near the Baghdad home of new Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday, two police sources and local media said. “The suicide bomber blew himself up at a checkpoint that leads to the prime

IS fighters sought to turn Lebanon into Iraq, claims army commander

BEIRUT — The self-proclaimed Islamic State fighters, who seized a Lebanese border town this month, planned to turn Lebanon into another Iraq by unleashing sectarian war between Sunnis and Shiites that would have endangered the nation’s very existence, the army

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