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 8, 2015
Iraqi prisons allow Saudis to visit detained relatives
The lawyer of Saudi detainees in Iraq conveyed Al-Nasriyah Prison Administration’s message permitting Saudi families whose sons are detained in Iraq to visit them in prison. Iraqi lawyer Hamid Ahmed told Al-Watan daily that the prison administration has no objection
Tunisia foils ‘spectacular’ militant plots
Tunisia arrested 32 militant Islamists, some of them returning from fighting in Syria, who planned “spectacular” attacks, officials said on Saturday. News of the arrests came one day after a secular-Islamist coalition cabinet headed by Prime Minister Habib Essid took
Prince Charles voices alarm at radicalization
Britain’s Prince Charles said the numbers of vulnerable young Muslims being radicalized by “crazy stuff” on the Internet was “frightening,” in an interview to be broadcast Sunday. The heir to the throne also voiced concern about Christians fleeing the Middle
Kerry holds surprise Iran talks in Munich
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Sunday met for surprise talks with his Iranian counterpart for new discussions on Iran’s nuclear program on the sidelines of a security conference in Munich. Kerry huddled with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
Dubai Government Summit to host more than 100 global speakers
With an “innovative” focus on how governments can handle a changing world, a total of 87 countries will be participating in this year’s Dubai Government Summit, organizers announced this week. United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon and Queen Rania of Jordan
Baghdad’s years-old nightly curfew ends
Iraq’s years-old nightly curfew was raised on Sunday in a bid by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to ease restrictions on daily life despite persistent violence plaguing the country. Doing away with the curfew — which most recently was in effect
Iraqi PM orders probe into killings of two Sunnis at security HQ
Iraq’s prime minister said on Saturday he had ordered an investigation into the killing of two Sunni Muslim civilians at a security headquarters in Anbar province, where the army and volunteers are battling ISIS insurgents. Haider al-Abadi, a moderate Shiite
Abbas orders body to oversee Palestinian ICC cases
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Saturday ordered the formation of a committee to oversee cases to lodge with the International Criminal Court, in a move likely to further anger Israel. The Palestinians formally joined the ICC last month, in a
UAE orders stationing of F-16 squadron in Jordan
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan ordered the stationing of a UAE Air Force F-16 squadron in Jordan, the WAM news agency said Saturday, contradicting Western media reports the Gulf state had disengaged from the confrontation
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