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
Saudi Arabia’s highest religious body condemns twin Egypt church attacks
Saudi Arabia’s highest religious body has condemned the twin church attacks in Egypt claimed by ISIS, saying the bombings represented a “criminal act considered forbidden by Islamic consensus”. The Council of Senior Scholars released their statement on Twitter on Sunday
Who were the suicide bombers behind Egypt’s deadly church attacks?
The suicide bombers behind the blasts which targeted two churches in Egypt on Sunday were identified as Abu Ishaq and Abu al-Baraa al-Masri, Al Arabiya TV’s correspondent in Cairo reported. Abu Ishaq al-Masri is allegedly responsible for targeting the church
The Egyptian policeman who tried to stop the church bomber
If it was not for this policeman, whose photo has been obtained by Al Arabiya, an even bigger disaster would have taken place at the Alexandria church where a bomb exploded on Sunday, killing 17 people including 4 security personnel,
Pope Francis decries Egypt church bombing
Pope Francis has decried a deadly attack on a Coptic church in Egypt during Palm Sunday celebrations, just weeks before his planned visit to Cairo. The pontiff expressed his “deep condolences to my brother, Pope Tawadros II, the Coptic church
Palm Sunday church bombing kills 22 in Egypt
A bomb blast at a church north of Cairo killed at least 22 people and wounded dozens who had gathered for Palm Sunday mass, officials said, in the latest apparent attack on Egypt’s Coptic Christians. Some 71 people were wounded
Egypt’s Sisi declares three-month state of emergency
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared a three-month state of emergency in Egypt following twin church bombings that killed dozens of people in two cities on Sunday. Under the country’s constitution, Sisi will have to put the measure before parliament, which
Muslim Egyptians donate blood to deadly church blast victims
Egyptian men and women rushed to mosques in Tanta to donate blood for people injured in Sunday’s deadly blast, which struck the Coptic Christian Church earlier in the day. Mohammed Ahmad Hassan, a Tanta resident, said loudspeakers were used to
France expels Swiss Islamist grandson of Brotherhood founder
France on Saturday expelled controversial Swiss Islamist preacher Hani Ramadan who posed “a serious threat to public order”, the interior ministry said. Ramadan, whose brother is the intellectual Tariq Ramadan and whose grandfather founded Egypt’s radical Muslim Brotherhood, was arrested
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman sends letter of condolence to Egypt’s Sisi
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has sent a letter of condolences to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi regarding the two terror bombing attacks in Alexandria and Tanta that claimed the lives of at least 27 people. King Salman expressed sorrow regarding
Deadly blast hits near church in Egyptian city of Tanta
At least 15 people were killed and 42 injured following a bombing near a church in Egypt’s Tanta, north of Cairo, Al Arabiya News Channel reported on Sunday. The blast struck as Egypt’s Coptic Christian community marked Palm Sunday There
Court documents show reasons behind Egyptian court’s decision on Red Sea islands
Documents from Egypt’s Court for Urgent Matters have revealed the circumstances that lead to their decision to void the ruling of the Supreme Administrative court on the Tiran and Sanafir islands in the Red Sea. The court explained that the
Egypt court: Decision to block Red Sea islands transfer to Saudi Arabia void
Egypt’s Court of Urgent Matters ruled on Sunday that a judicial decision to block the transfer of two Red Sea Islands to Saudi Arabia is void, judicial sources told Reuters, potentially reviving a deal which had triggered protests in Egypt.
Egypt’s president leaves Cairo for Washington to meet Trump
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi left Cairo for Washington on Saturday where both sides will seek a renewed relationship after tensions over Sisi’s crackdown on opponents. As well as meeting President Donald Trump, Sisi will see the top officials at
In Egypt, ‘3000 extremist fatwas’ incite destruction of churches
The Mufti said that “all attempts aiming to divide between the Muslims and Christians of Egypt have failed.” He added: “Muslims had never destroyed any kind of heritage after their historic victories in foreign countries, in contrary to what ISIS
Egyptian minister says inflation in the country to start easing by December
Egypt expects inflation to start easing by November or December, a year after abandoning its currency peg and seeing prices soar as the pound lost half its value, Finance Minister Amr El-Garhy said on Thursday. Annual urban consumer price inflation
Saudi King Salman meets with Egypt’s Sisi on the sidelines of Arab Summit
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz met with Egyptian President Abdelfattah al-Sisi on the sidelines of the ongoing Arab summit in Jordan on Wednesday, Al Arabiya reported. The meeting took place immediately after Sisi ended his speech at the Summit
ISIS video shows two men beheaded for ‘sorcery’ in Egypt’s Sinai
ISIS’s branch in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula posted a video on Tuesday depicting the beheading of two men the militant Islamist group said it had found guilty of practicing witchcraft and sorcery. The video, posted on a Telegram channel often used
Egyptian president to meet Trump at White House on April 3
The White House announced Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will make an “official visit” to Washington on April 3, ending years in which the Egyptian president had been kept at arm’s length amid rights concerns. “President Trump and President Al-Sisi will use
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