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: October 6, 2014
Expat money transfers hit SR102bn in 8 months
Expatriate remittances from the Kingdom rose by 3.4 percent to SR101.8 billion in the first 8 months of 2014 compared to SR98.67 billion during the same period last year, according to a financial report. Likewise, Saudi personal remittances to foreign
‘IS 1 km from Kobane, airstrikes not enough’
ANKARA: Islamic State (IS) militants are just one kilometer from the Syrian town of Kobane and air strikes are not enough on their own to stop them, a Syrian Kurdish official said on Sunday. No IS fighters were yet inside
8 brothers vie to serve mother perform Haj
This year’s Haj witnessed eight sons of a woman competing with one another in assisting their mother to perform her Haj rituals comfortably. They all wanted to gain special reward from Allah for doing goodness to their beloved mother. Many
Prince Khaled Al-Faisal named Mawhiba vice president
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, president of King Abdulaziz & his Companions Foundation for Giftedness & Creativity (Mawhiba), issued a royal decree on Sunday appointing Education Minister Prince Khaled Al-Faisal as vice president of the organization. Prince
Australia, Belgium launch anti-ISIS missions in Iraq
Australian and Belgian fighter jets have flown their first armed combat mission in Iraq against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), official sources said on Monday. “The Super Hornet aircraft conducted an air interdiction and close air support
Haj 1435: Yet another success story
Haj has never been so organized — from the trains that run on elevated tracks to the extremely helpful security forces on the ground and in the many helicopters that hover overhead informing the central operations command about possible bottlenecks.
Pilgrims safe from infectious diseases
Health authorities detected 134 MERS cases during this Haj season but they all tested negative during lab investigations. “By the grace of God, all suspected MERS cases were negative,” said Dr. Anis Sindi, deputy chief of the command and control
Rains excite Hajis as Jamrat ritual progresses
Pilgrims symbolically stoned the devil on Day 4 of the Haj on Sunday. Chanting “God is Greatest,” pilgrims threw seven small pebbles at each of three gray stone walls in the last ritual of Haj. The ritual, will be repeated
Drones spot ISIS slayer ‘Jihadi John’ in Syria
Drones have managed to track the militant member of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) known as “Jihadi John” in Syria but British Special Forces fear a mission to either kill or capture the wanted man may end
King: No rest until we wipe out terror
Reiterating Saudi Arabia’s determination to root out terrorism, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah on Sunday emphasized the importance of dialogue in combating extremism and promoting world peace. “Engaging in dialogue is the only way to live in
Sinai militants say they have beheaded three
Egypt’s most violent Islamist group released a video on Sunday showing militants beheading three Egyptians whom they accused of being informants for Israeli intelligence. In a video posted on YouTube, the Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis accused the Egyptian government of
Extremism is ‘perverse’ and must be eliminated: King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz
Religious extremism is a perversion which must be eradicated, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah said on Sunday, with his air force engaged in a U.S.-led campaign against jihadist militants in Syria. “Extremism, which has generated terrorism, behooves us to combine our
Kurdish female fighter blows herself up on ISIS
A female Kurdish fighter carried out a suicide bomb attack against jihadists from the Islamic State group outside the embattled Syrian border town of Kobane on Sunday, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the woman blew
UAE: Biden apologizes for remarks about ISIS
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden apologized to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday for comments suggesting that the Gulf country and other regional powers had financed extremist groups in Syria, the UAE state news agency WAM reported. “The United States
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