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: February 6, 2015
ISIS punishes cleric who objected to pilot’s killing
An ISIS cleric who objected to the group’s decision to burn to death a captive Jordanian pilot has been removed from his post and will be put on trial, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. The cleric,
Egyptian military kills 27 militants in Sinai
Egyptian military air strikes killed 27 Islamic militants in Northern Sinai early on Friday, in one of the biggest security operations in the region months, security sources said. Apache helicopters targeted militants from Sinai Province, a group that pledged allegiance
Kerry to meet Iran FM in Munich for nuclear talks
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was to meet his Iranian counterpart Friday on the sidelines of security talks in Munich, as a late March deadline looms for a framework nuclear deal. Kerry arrived in southern Germany late Thursday, flying
ISIS growing in Libya, warns Libyan official
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group is gaining ground in Libya and a new international approach is needed to address the growing threat, a senior Libyan official said Thursday. Aref Ali Nayed, Libya’s ambassador to the United Arab
Jordan releases leading al-Qaeda mentor, ISIS critic
Jordanian authorities released an imprisoned spiritual leader linked to al-Qaeda, Sheikh Abu Mohammad al-Maqdisi, on Thursday, a security source said. There was no immediate announcement of the reason for his release two days after the al-Qaeda offshoot Islamic State of
Yemen factions fail to break political deadlock
Yemeni parties failed to break a political deadlock on Thursday and agreed to resume talks on Saturday, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. Earlier reports suggested that most factions had agreed to set up an interim presidential council to manage the
U.N. plan for local ceasefires in Syria ‘frozen’: diplomats
A United Nations plan for local ceasefires in Syria is deadlocked, with Damascus feeling it does not need to make concessions to disparate armed groups, Western diplomats familiar with the talks said. Since October, U.N. Syria mediator Staffan de Mistura
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