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: November 1, 2014
Al-Qaeda drives moderate Syria rebels from northern bastion
Fighters from al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front have driven rebels of the Western-backed Syrian Revolutionary Front (SRF) from their bastion in the northwestern province of Idlib after 24 hours of combat, a monitor said Saturday. The defeat, in which some of
Yemenis protest against Houthi takeover of Sanaa
Demonstrators and activists in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa protested on Saturday against the Houthi rebel takeover of the city, demanding President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi put an end to the insurgency. Protestors chanted slogans against the Houthi rebels and Iran,
Islamist commander says 18 militiamen killed in Libya
An Islamist field commander says that 18 militiamen have been killed in an attack on a western Libyan town. The commander in the coalition of Islamist militias known as the Dawn of Libya said the rival Zintan militia, backed by
Iraqi Peshmerga fighters ‘cross into Kobane’
Some 150 Iraqi Peshmerga fighters left a Turkish military warehouse to head across the border and join the fight in the key border town of Kobane which is under assault by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants. The
Gaza rocket hits southern Israel amid escalation
A rocket fired from Gaza hit southern Israel on Friday, the Israeli army said, although there were no reports of casualties or damage. “A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit the Eshkol area in southern Israel,” said the spokesman
Egypt steps up efforts ahead of U.N. human rights review
The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign affairs announced this week the beginning of an “intensive preparation” to show its “full commitment to respect the international conventions and the fundamental rights and freedoms,” ahead of the U.N. review on human rights in
Iran hits back after West condemns its human rights record
Iran defended itself on Friday against Western accusations of repression and a sharp rise in executions, including that of a woman hanged for murdering a man she accused of trying to rape her. Mohammad Javad Larijani, secretary general of Iran’s
Space tourism rocket explodes in desert
A Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket exploded Friday during a test flight, killing a pilot aboard and seriously injuring another while scattering wreckage in Southern California’s Mojave Desert, witnesses and officials said. The company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson
Top Iraq Shiite cleric urges fighters to protect ‘innocents’
Iraq’s leading Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, on Friday urged those fighting the Islamic State jihadist group to protect civilians in Sunni battlezones. ISIS, a Sunni extremist group that has carried out a wave of atrocities, spearheaded a sweeping
White House says Syria strategy working, policy on Assad clear
The White House and Pentagon sought to portray a unified stance on Syria on Friday after reports that a memo from Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel criticized U.S. strategy as fuzzy on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. White House spokesman Josh Earnest
Former Qaddafi spokesman expelled from Egypt
The former spokesman for deposed Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi has been expelled from Egypt, a state newspaper said on Friday, though the spokesman disputed the report. The website of Egypt’s state newspaper al-Ahram said Egyptian authorities asked Moussa Ibrahim to
Yemen’s Houthi rebels give president ultimatum
Yemen’s Shiite rebels, who are in control of the capital, are giving the president 10 days to form a government, hinting at a takeover attempt if their demands are not met. The Shiite group, also known as Houthis, on Friday
Peshmerga leave Turkish restaurant ‘without paying’
They came, they saw and they left, purportedly, without paying the bill. Amid confusion over the plans of the Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters set to cross from Turkey to fight militants in Kobane, one contingent ate a full meal in
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