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 »
Category Archives: Egypt
Suspected ISIS militants kill Christian man in northern Sinai
:: Security officials say a Christian man has been shot dead by suspected militants while inside a barber’s shop in Egypt’s turbulent northern Sinai. The late Saturday killing in the coastal city of Al-Arish came one day after ISIS’s local
Egypt reopens crossing with Gaza in humanitarian move
:: Egypt reopened the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip for three days starting on Saturday to allow hundreds of stranded Palestinians to return home, officials said. The move, described by Palestinian border officials as a “humanitarian” gesture, will
Al-Azhar University dismisses its president after three months on the job
:: has decided to dismiss Dr. Ahmed Hosni, president of al-Azhar University, just three months after the latter took office. Al-Tayeb made the decision on Friday to appoint Dr. Mohammed Hussein al-Mahrasawi, dean of the faculty of Arabic language at
EgyptAir crash ‘an accident’, say French investigators
:: No traces of explosives were found on the remains of French victims from an EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean in May 2016, a source close to the French investigation told AFP on Friday. The revelation, the source
ISIS leader warns Muslims to avoid Christian gatherings in Egypt
:: ISIS leader warned Muslims in Egypt to avoid Christian gatherings, posing a threat of further attacks against Christians in the country following two suicide bombings that targeted two churches last month. In the weekly Al Naba newspaper, published on
Gunmen kill three Egypt policemen in Cairo gun attack
:: Unidentified gunmen attacked an Egyptian police convoy near the main ring road around Cairo, killing three officers and wounding five others, the interior ministry said early on Tuesday. “Armed elements riding in two vehicles approached a moving security convoy”
Remittances from Egyptians abroad rise by 13.8 pct since November
:: Egyptians have risen 13.8 percent since the central bank floated the pound in November, the central bank said in a statement on Tuesday. The central bank said remittances were $8 billion pounds in the five months, compared with $7
Muslim World League: Peace prevails through the love of good for humanity
Secretary-General of the Muslim World League Mohammed bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa Thursday said that peace takes a prominent place in Islam, but it cannot be attained through theories and dialogue, but through behavior that helps bring it about, including by
Egypt considering $1.5-2 billion Eurobond in coming weeks
Egypt is considering a $1.5-2 billion Eurobond offering in the coming weeks, finance minister Amr El Garhy said in a telephone interview with private television channel CBC on Saturday. Egypt sold $4 billion of Eurobonds in three tranches in January,
Security tight as Pope Francis celebrates open-air mass in Cairo
Pope Francis celebrated a Mass in Cairo on Saturday, the last day of a brief visit during which he urged Muslim leaders to unite against religious violence as Islamic militants threaten to rid the Middle East of its ancient Christian
Pope Francis greets people of Egypt with ‘Assalam Alaikum’
Pope Francis greeted the people of Egypt saying “Assalam Alaikum” (the Islamic greeting meaning “peace be with you”) at the Al Azhar institution in Cairo on Friday. The hall of people attending his speech responded with massive applause. “Let us
Pope Francis at Al Azhar: Religious leaders must unite to defeat ‘barbarity’
Leaders of all faiths should unite in renouncing religious extremism and counter the “barbarity of those who foment hatred and violence,” Pope Francis said on Friday at the start of a two-day visit to Cairo. “Let us say once more
Dollar speculation in Egypt on the decline
Despite the fact that the Egyptian Central Bank had not released any figures regarding the dollar trade on the black market, unofficial estimates revealed that speculation on the US currency in the black market have recorded nearly $40 billion from
Egypt sentences 20 to death over police killings
An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced 20 people to death for the killing of 13 policemen in the aftermath of the ouster nearly four years ago of President Mohammed Mursi. On Aug. 14, 2013, a month after Mursi was overthrown
Saudi FM: No basis for media speculation over Saudi Arabia, Egypt ties
Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir denied all media speculation recently voiced about Egyptian-Saudi relations and said ties between Cairo and Riyadh are only getting stronger. “Recent media outlets’ reports voicing speculation about Saudi-Egyptian relations are completely baseless. The two countries
Saudi Arabia, Egypt hold Riyadh summit to strengthen ties
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz held at the Al Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on Sunday a formal session of talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. During the meeting, both leaders reviewed the close relations between their countries, as
Sisi in Saudi Arabia on Sunday to attend anti-terrorism summit
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will visit Saudi Arabia on Sunday, where he is scheduled to hold a bilateral Egyptian-Saudi summit during the visit to discuss strategic relations between the two countries, the Egyptian presidency announced Friday. The visit will
Israel reopens Egypt crossing after security assessment
Israel has reopened its border crossing to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula shut over a week ago over intelligence warnings of possible attacks. Israel’s counterterrorism office said on Friday the Taba crossing is reopened but warned that the threat to Israelis in
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