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
Roadside blast in Egypt’s North Sinai kills senior military officer
A senior military officer and one soldier were killed on Saturday by a roadside explosion in Egypt’s North Sinai where the government faces an ISIS-led insurgency, security sources told Reuters. Hundreds of soldiers and police have been killed in the
Gunfire wounds Israeli on border with Egypt
An Israeli working along the border with Egypt was wounded by gunfire on Tuesday, officials said, but further details on the incident were not yet clear. The Israeli military said shots were heard in the border area and “initial reports
Sinai general killed near Cairo
A senior military official who served in the northern Sinai was killed on Saturday in front of his home on the outskirts of Cairo, security sources said. Gunmen opened fire on Brigadier General Adel Rajaaie, who commanded an armored division
Egyptian court confirms 20-year prison sentence on Mursi
An Egyptian court confirmed a 20-year prison sentence against former president Mohamed Mursi on Saturday, judicial sources told Reuters. The sentence was for a conviction arising from the killings of protesters during demonstrations in 2012. It is the first of
Five Egyptians arrested over Saudi teacher killing
Egyptian security forces arrested five suspects charged with the murder of Saudi Arabian Khalil Al-Omayrini in the capital Cairo. Among the suspects – whose ages ranging from 19 to 32 – was the mechanic of a car garage found at
Saudi man, found dead in Egypt, seen in farewell party before his killing
The 47-year-old Saudi Arabian Khalil al-Omayrini, who was found dead on Tuesday in his apartment in Cairo, is seen in a new video taken during his farewell party at his school before his killing in Egypt. Khalil, who decided to
Egypt’s PM: Cairo’s ties with Riyadh ‘good and solid’
Egypt’s Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said relationship with Saudi Arabia is “good and solid” after diplomatic tensions arose recently between the two countries, Al-Ahram newspaper reported on Friday. Ismail made his statement to Al-Ahram after signs of tension surfaced between
Egyptian air strikes hit extremist militants after deadly attack
Egypt’s military launched air strikes against extremist targets in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, the army said, after ISIS killed 12 soldiers at a checkpoint. The northern Sinai is a stronghold of the Sunni extremists, who have killed hundreds of
Saudi: Egypt stance on Syria resolution ‘painful’
The Saudi envoy to the UN, Abdullah al-Muallami, dubbed Egypt’s stance kowtowing to Russia on a UN resolution about Syria, and called it as “painful.” Russia – with three others, including Egypt – on Saturday vetoed a draft French UN
Egypt appeals reversed ruling ceding islands to Saudi Arabia
An Egyptian court on Saturday held its first hearing on a government appeal against a lower court ruling in June that rescinded an agreement to hand over control of two key Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. The Supreme Administrative
Car bomb explodes near Egypt prosecutor
A car bomb exploded in a Cairo suburb after Egypt’s deputy prosecutor general drove by late Thursday, wounding a passerby, the interior ministry said. “A bomb in a car parked on the side of the road exploded after deputy prosecutor
Leopard on the loose mauls 9-year-old Egyptian girl
A nine-year-old Egyptian girl was killed after being attacked by a leopard that escaped from a wildlife farm in a village near the outskirts of southern Cairo. The leopard reportedly mauled Amani Mohamed Fadeel – attacking her neck – on
Egypt detains owner of capsized migrant ship
Egyptian police on Monday detained the owner of a vessel that capsized in the Mediterranean last week drowning at least 168 migrants, a security official said. Up to 450 migrants may have been on board the fishing boat when it
Egyptian, Syrian wounded in shooting by Kuwaiti
Two expats were wounded in a shooting by a Kuwaiti citizen at Salmiya area in Hawally Governorate on Sunday, the Ministry of Interior said, according to KUNA, Kuwait’s official news agency. Initial investigations showed that the citizen claimed that he
Egypt moves to tighten borders after migrant ship tragedy
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi ordered the tightening of border security after more than 160 mainly Egyptian migrants died when their Europe-bound boat sank in the Mediterranean, a tragedy that highlighted the extent of Egypt’s economic woes. Presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef,
Egypt court sentences 7 to hang for shooting officer
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced seven men to hang for killing a police general in the unrest following the 2013 military overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Mursi. It was the defendants’ second trial, after having won an appeal against
Death toll mounts after Egypt boat tragedy
The bodies of 162 people had been pulled from the waters off the Egyptian coast by Friday, two days after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized in the Mediterranean while attempting to head to Europe. Dozens more are feared
Egypt jails nine policemen for assaulting doctors
An Egyptian court sentenced nine policemen to three years in prison on Tuesday for physically and verbally assaulting two doctors at a Cairo hospital in January, an incident that prompted strikes and a protest demanding justice. The verdict can be
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