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: Jeddah
King pays visit to injured in tragic crane crash
Saudi Arabia has assured the Muslim world that the Haj pilgrimage will not be affected as a result of the crane crash in the Grand Mosque on Friday which claimed 107 lives. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman
King Salman condoles victims of crane collapse
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has offered his condolences, on Saturday, to the families of victims who died after a crane collapsed in Makkah’s Grand Mosque, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. King Salman was speaking after he visited the scene of
Bad weather ‘till Tuesday’
Inclement weather will prevail in the holy city of Makkah until Tuesday and a warning had been issued about the weather on Thursday, a day before the Grand Mosque accident, the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) has said. “Cloudy
Grand Mufti calls on Haj pilgrims to shun politics
Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh has called on pilgrims to uphold the spirit of unity and piety while performing Haj, which is one of the five pillars of Islam. “Haj is not the occasion to play politics or spread
Saudi king meets Indonesian president in Jeddah
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz held talks with Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo in Jeddah on Saturday. The leaders discussed regional developments and addressed bilateral relations as well as ways to enhance them, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Wishing the
Expert blames high winds for crane crash
A prominent Saudi scientist said that stormy winds knocked down the tower crane that crashed through the roof of the Grand Mosque in Makkah on Friday. Professor Mansour Almazroui, director of the Center of Excellence for Climate Change Research at
Scores crushed to death in Haram crane disaster
Eighty-seven people died and 201 were injured when a crane collapsed inside the Grand Mosque in Makkah amid strong winds and heavy rains on Friday evening. The crane, being used for ongoing expansion work, fell while heavy storms were lashing
Casualties reported as crane falls in Grand Mosque
Sixty-five people have been killed and 154 wounded in Makkah’s Grand Mosque after a crane collapsed on Friday, Al Arabiya News Channel reported citing the Saudi Civil Defense authority. It is believed the crane collapsed in high winds. The Saudi
King arrives in Jeddah
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman arrived in Jeddah from Morocco on Thursday. The king was on a private vacation. He paid an official visit to the United States last week. Earlier, in a royal order, the king
Saudi to treat UAE, Bahraini soldiers killed in Yemen as citizens
Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz said Emirati and Bahrain soldiers who were “martyred” in Yemen will be treated as Saudis “materially and morally,” the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Tuesday. The Crown Prince vowed
Kingdom to cut spending, issue more bonds to shore up budget
Saudi Arabia will cut spending and issue more bonds as it faces a record budget shortfall due to falling oil prices, the finance minister said on Sunday. Following oil prices’ drop to below $50 a barrel, the Kingdom has so
OIC seeks world help for Syrians
The secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Madani, said the body of the drowned Syrian child, Aylan Kurdi, which was washed ashore, has stunned everyone. In an appeal to the international community, Madani said: “Aylan’s lifeless body
Ten Saudi soldiers killed near Yemeni border
Saudi Arabia announced Saturday that 10 of its soldiers were killed in a Houthi strike at an arms depot at a military base in the eastern province of Maarib in Yemen the day before, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. The
Deputy crown prince set for key Egypt talks
Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of defense, will leave for Egypt today on an official visit. This was announced in a statement released by the Royal Court. During the visit, the deputy crown prince
Saudi position on Hamas ‘unchanged’
Saudi Arabia’s position on Hamas hasn’t changed and there was no official meeting with Hamas members who came and performed Umrah just like other Muslims. Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said a Hamas group comprising Khaled Meshaal and his colleagues paid
King Salman names new Saudi govt officials
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz on Monday named a new housing minister and replaced the head of the royal court, in decrees reported by the Saudi Press Agency. Minister of State Khalid bin Abdulrahman al-Issa was to replace Hamad bin
Half a million pay tributes to Prince Saud on Twitter
The hashtag (#Saud_Faisal) led the Twitter website with more than 500,000 tweets a few hours after the announcement of his death. A large number of politicians, celebrities and journalists commemorated Prince Saud Al-Faisal. Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir beseeched
Teary farewell to Prince Saud
The funeral prayer for former Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal was held at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, in the presence of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, on Saturday night. Representatives from a number of countries and
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