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: September 16, 2014
The Turkmens: The Key to Iraq’s Territorial Integrity
By: Harun Yahya Iraq has been home to numerous civilizations in the course of history. The most important community in those lands, after the Arabs and Kurds, are the Turkmens. Turkmens settled in the region with the Seljuks in 1055
The battle against domestic abuse in Saudi Arabia
By: Khaled Almaeena The social services department in Jazan, Saudi Arabia, is investigating the case of a boy who was reportedly severely beaten by his father. A picture of the boy’s savagely lacerated skull figured prominently in a local paper.
The propaganda of the American-Iranian dispute
By: Abdulrahman al-Rashed The sudden dispute over striking ISIS has a backstory. At the beginning, all parties agreed to fight the terrorist organizations of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and the al-Nusra Front following the flash victories ISIS
Egypt says it will boost security at tourist sites
Egypt plans to increase the number of security cameras at hotels and popular tourist destinations as part of a series of new security measures aimed at buoying the flagging tourism sector following three years of political turmoil, the country’s tourism
Saudi boy flees to Yemen to escape brutal father
A 9-year-old Saudi boy has fled to Yemen to escape the physical abuse of his father after the latter poured corrosive bleach on his younger brother’s scalp, local Arabic daily Al-Watan reported on Monday. Faisal, who witnessed his father’s savage
Turkey ‘welcomes’ Egypt MB figures who leave Qatar
Turkey would welcome senior figures from Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood after they were asked to leave Qatar under pressure from other Gulf Arab states, Turkish media quoted President Tayyip Erdogan as saying late on Monday. A senior Brotherhood official based
Sinai bomb kills six Egypt policemen, ministry says
A roadside bomb in Egypt’s northern Sinai region killed six policemen on Tuesday, the interior ministry said. The bomb exploded as their armored convoy passed through the road between North Sinai provincial capital el-Arish and the town of Rafah on
Obama threatens to hit Assad air defenses: report
President Barack Obama told visitors to the White House last week he would not hesitate to retaliate against Syrian government forces should they open fire on U.S. aircraft targeting militants belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the
Unidentified jets strike Islamists in Libya
Unidentified fighter jets carried out airstrikes on the positions of Islamist militias south of the Libyan capital Tripoli on Monday, Al Arabiya News Channel reported, quoting sources. Meanwhile, forces loyal to former Libyan army general Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi threatened
Dubai’s Atlantis resort to get $1.4 billion expansion
Developers say they will build a $1.4 billion expanse of lavish suites and residences next to the famed Atlantis resort on Dubai’s man-made palm-shaped island. Investment Corporation of Dubai and Kerzner International Holdings, which will manage the 800-room hotel, announced
Indonesia arrests four suspected of links to ISIS
Indonesian police on Monday said the four foreigners arrested over the weekend suspected of being linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants group were from China’s ethnic Uighur minority. A day after identifying the four men as
Ronaldinho called ‘monkey’ by former city official
A former public official in the Mexican city where Ronaldinho has signed to play has called the Brazilian star “a monkey.” The comment by Carlos Manuel Trevino Nunez, who was the Secretary of Social Development in Queretaro, was published in
Police boss at center of British child sex scandal quits
The elected official in charge of policing in the northern English town of Rotherham quit on Tuesday after weeks of resisting political pressure to stand down over a scandal involving the sexual exploitation of as many as 1,400 children. Shaun
Mayweather outpoints Maidana to remain unbeaten
Undefeated five-division champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. claimed a unanimous decision over Argentina’s Marcos Maidana to successfully defend three world titles and push his perfect record to 47-0 on Saturday. In just the second rematch of his 18-year career, the 37-year-old
Gulf heavyweights clash for place in ACL final
The Gulf’s deadliest striker comes up against one of its most miserly defenses when Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal host Emirati club Al Ain in the first leg of their Asian Champions League semi-final in Riyadh on Tuesday. A sell-out crowd
Turkey mulls ‘buffer zone’ on southern border
The Turkish military is looking into the possibility of establishing a “buffer zone” on its southern border, where it faces a threat from militants belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Turkish media cited President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
U.N. Golan peacekeepers pull back from Syrian positions amid clashes
U.N. peacekeepers in the Golan Heights are pulling out from four positions and a camp on the Syrian side of the Syrian-Israeli border due to a severe deterioration of security in the region, the United Nations said on Monday. The
ISIS fighter goes on trial in Germany
A 20-year-old German man went on trial in Frankfurt on Monday on charges he was a member of the extremist Islamic State group, the first such case to come to court in Germany. Prosecutors allege that Kreshnik Berisha, who once
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