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: Middle East
Israel looks for 3 missing Jewish teens in West Bank
JERUSALEM: Israeli forces are searching for three Jewish teenagers who went missing in the occupied West Bank late on Thursday, the military said on Friday. As media speculated that the trio might have been abducted, large numbers of Israeli soldiers
Doha to pay salaries of ex-Hamas employees
RAMALLAH: Qatar is stepping in temporarily to help the new Palestinian unity government pay former employees of Hamas’s disbanded Gaza government, an official said Friday. The Gulf state said it would contribute a total of $60 million while the Palestinian
Egypt cop shot dead in clashes
CAIRO: A policeman was shot dead in the aftermath of clashes in Cairo on Friday, Egypt’s Interior Ministry said, after a protest staged by supporters of ousted President Muhammad Mursi. The policeman was hit by a bullet in the chest
Iran promises Iraq full support against ‘terror’
TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani promised Iraq’s beleaguered Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki his government’s full support against “terrorism” on Friday as militants advanced toward Baghdad. Iran is a key ally of Maliki, whose government has been left in disarray by
US drone attacks kill 13 in northwest Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Missiles from US drones slammed into militant hideouts overnight in northwestern Pakistan, killing 13 suspected insurgents and marking the resumption of the CIA-led program after a nearly six-month break, officials said Thursday. The two separate drone strikes sparked swift
Iraq govt blamed for rebel advance
ROME: Prince Turki Al-Faisal, a former intelligence chief, has blamed the Iraqi government of Nuri Al-Maliki for the loss of wide areas of northern Iraq to militants, saying Baghdad had failed to stop them joining forces with former Baathists from
Iraq’s top Shiite cleric issues call to stop ISIL juggernaut
• ISIL advances into Diyala province near Iran border • US won’t “rule anything out,” bar troops on the ground • ISIL taking arms seized from Iraqi army into Syria • Global oil price surges, insurgents surround biggest refinery
18,000 expats teach in KSA universities
There are more than 18,000 foreign teachers currently employed in Saudi Arabia’s universities and higher educational institutions, local media reported, quoting data released by the Ministry of Higher Education. The total number of teaching staff at the government-run and private
GCC to use iron hand for online abusers
GCC states have formed a joint team to speed up legal action against websites and social media platforms accused of violating the laws governing the use of cyberspace in the region, informed sources said on Thursday. Bahraini Telecommunications Minister Sheikh
Construction work to slow down in Ramadan
Several construction companies will suspend work on their projects this Ramadan owing to labor policies which do not permit working for more than four hours a day after breaking of the fast and in view of the long duration of
ADGC, Al-Olalibi ink franchise deal
Saudi Arabia is one of the most significant and strategic markets in the region and “we are entering it,” said Abdulla Salem Al-Dhaheri, chairman of ADNOC Distribution Global Company (ADGC), after signing a franchise agreement with Saudi-based Al-Olalibi Group, pioneers
US mulls air strikes as Iraq militants advance on Baghdad
BAGHDAD: Jihadists were pushing toward Baghdad Thursday after capturing a town just hours to the north, as the US mulled air strikes in a bid to bolster Iraq’s collapsing security forces. With the militants closing in on the capital, forces
China Launching Gold Backed Worldwide Currency – Now the Americans will have to find a reason to go to war against China !!
According to an article, China is recasting all of their gold reserves into small one kilo bars in order to issue a new gold-backed currency. Many say this will disrupt global trade and will eventually cause a collapse of the
ISIL rebels overrun Saddam hometown, close in on Baiji
TIKRIT — Rebels from an Al-Qaeda splinter group overran the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Wednesday and closed in on the biggest oil refinery in the country, making further gains in their rapid military advance against the Shiite-led government. The
Icon of Egypt’s 2011 revolt gets 15 years in jail
CAIRO — A court on Wednesday convicted a prominent activist from Egypt’s 2011 uprising for demonstrating without permit and assaulting a policeman, sentencing him to 15 years in prison. The sentence against Alaa Abdel-Fattah is by far the toughest against
Regional turmoil puts Abu Dhabi in filmmaker spotlight
Unlike previous installments of the American space saga, the crew of “Star Wars: Episode VII” did not fly to Tunisia last month to start filming. They went to Abu Dhabi. With many countries in the region facing political turmoil in
ISIL militants plan to march on Baghdad: SITE monitors
WASHINGTON: Militants who have seized a large swathe of northern and north-central Iraq now plan to march on the capital Baghdad, a US-based monitoring group said Wednesday. In a lightning offensive, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants seized
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