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: May 9, 2015
Minister finds border health facilities are up to the task
Health Minister Khalid Al-Falih visited a number of health facilities in the Jazan and Asir regions on Thursday to ensure that facilities and services are prepared to treat regular and emergency patients. During his visit, the minister met with patients
65 days: Vacation bonanza for teachers
Teachers will now be permitted to enjoy a summer vacation of up to 65 days, a directive issued by Minister of Education Azzam Al-Dakhil said. The minister also ordered the advancement of the beginning of the annual vacation period for
Life normal in Najran after Houthi shelling
Life in the southwestern border region of Najran remains normal with residents going about their day-to-day business as usual. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) posted a set of pictures Thursday showing public life after Houthi militias staged an assault on
Militants shoot dead two Egyptian policemen
Militants shot dead two Egyptian policeman in the capital of North Sinai overnight Friday, security officials said. The gunmen, suspected of belonging to ISIS’s affiliate in Egypt, shot dead the policemen in the town of El-Arish before fleeing in a
Ten Iraqi policemen, eight prisoners killed in Baghdad jail break
Ten Iraqi policemen and eight prisoners were killed late on Friday as dozens of inmates escaped from a prison holding 300 people charged with acts of terrorism, a security official and a police source said on Saturday. It was not
Egypt’s Sisi in Moscow for V-Day celebrations
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi landed in Moscow on Saturday to take part in celebrations marking 70 years since victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, local Egyptian media reported. Russia will use the grandiose Red Square parade to show
Lebanese ambassador to Pakistan was not on doomed helicopter
A helicopter that crashed in the north of Pakistan that killed six people on Friday, including the ambassadors of Norway and the Philippines, did not have Lebanon’s ambassador to Pakistan on board. An official at the Lebanese embassy in Islamabad
Saudi-led strikes target Yemen’s Saada province
Saudi-led warplanes bombed several targets in the Yemeni province of Saada late on Friday, after a deadline the kingdom had given citizens to leave the province expired. The raids targeted command centers for the Houthi leader Abdel Malek al-Houthi in
Syria chemical inspectors find sarin traces
Chemical weapons inspectors have found traces of precursors for the deadly VX and sarin nerve agents at an undeclared site in Syria, according to a European Union document seen Friday. Maris Klisans, Latvia’s permanent representative at the Hague-based Organisation for
Iraq launches Sunni anti-ISIS force in Anbar
More than 1,000 Sunni fighters from Anbar joined Iraq‘s Popular Mobilization force Friday as part of government efforts to make the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group a cross-sectarian drive. Political, security and tribal leaders attended
Saudi FM: Yemen ceasefire starts on May 12
Saudi Arabia announced on Friday that a five-day ceasefire in Yemen will start on May 12. The statement was made by Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir during a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry after talks
Libya rejects EU migrant plan, says not asked
Libya’s ambassador to the United Nations is largely rejecting a European Union plan to fight the growing migrant crisis, saying his Western-backed government hasn’t even been consulted and ruling out EU forces on Libyan soil “at this stage.” In an
Saudi police say officer shot dead in capital
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a policeman in the capital of Saudi Arabia on Friday, a police spokesman said. Gunmen in a car opened fire at a patrol in southern Riyadh, killing one of its members, a spokesman for Riyadh region
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