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: News
Al-Maalami: The coalition has taken specific measures to avoid injuring civilians
:: Saudi Arabia’s UN envoy, Abdullah al-Maalami, said that the Arab coalition forces had taken specific measures to avoid injuring civilians in Yemen. He added that the UN report proved that the Houthi militias along with the fighters of the
Bahrain FM: Qatar aims to weaken, undermine GCC
:: Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa tweeted “Qatari media targeting the GCC and its secretary-general confirms Qatar’s lack of respect for the council, with it’s goal being to weaken and undermine it,” on Tuesday on his official account.
GCC Secretary-General denounces Qatari media attacks against council
:: The Secretary-General of the Cooperation Council (GCC), Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, expressed his condemnation of what he called the “irresponsible media attacks carried out by some Qatari news outlets toward the GCC, describing it as an unjust
Turkish PM: Another border gate to open with Iraq through Tal Afar
:: Iraq’s central government has taken over control of the main land crossing into Turkey from the autonomous Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Tuesday. Yildirim also said that Turkey had agreed to open another
Egypt responds to Iranian remarks on Cairo’s ‘wrong’ regional policies
:: The Egyptian foreign ministry responded to Iran’s statements about Egypt’s policy in the Middle East and which an Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson described as “wrong.” Ahmed Abu Zeid, the Egyptian foreign ministry spokesperson, said stability in the Middle East
Bahrain will not attend any summit unless Qatar ‘returns to its senses’
:: Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa has said on Monday that Manama will not attend any summit unless Qatar “returns to its senses”. “Qatar has shown a lack of respect for the charters, treaties and their policies aimed at
Mattis warns ‘massive’ response to North Korea atomic weapon use
:: US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis on Saturday warned North Korea of a “massive military response” to any use of nuclear weapons as tensions remain sky-high ahead of Donald Trump’s visit to South Korea. Pyongyang in recent months has
Bahrain FM: The right step to maintain GCC is to freeze Qatar’s membership
:: Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa tweeted “the right step to maintain GCC is to freeze Qatar’s membership” on Sunday. The full tweet read “The right step to maintain the GCC is to freeze Qatar’s membership in
Egypt’s Sisi names new armed forces chief of staff
:: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has named a new armed forces chief of staff, the presidency said in a brief statement on Saturday. He appointed former defense ministry secretary general Mohammed Farid Hegazy to the post, it said, without
‘Ankara, Riyadh poised for greater cooperation’
:: Relations between Saudi Arabia and Turkey have witnessed a rapid qualitative and quantitative improvement and are poised for major intensification in near future because the two countries today stand as “main pillars for regional stability,” said Turkish Ambassador Yunus
Saudi Board of Grievances chairman calls on administrative courts to expedite judicial work
:: Board of Grievances Chairman Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Yousef called on the heads of administrative courts to cooperate in expediting their work, whether it’s judicial or intellectual aspects that affect the judicial process. Al-Yousef also urged them to achieve
Saudi Arabia ready to extend oil output cut deal
:: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Saturday reiterated Saudi Arabia’s readiness to support the extension of a global oil production cut agreement. “The Kingdom affirms its readiness to extend the production cut agreement, which proved its feasibility by rebalancing
King Salman receives former French president
:: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud received at al-Yamamah palace on Thursday former French president Nicolas Sarkozy. During the meeting, they discussed the friendly relations between the Kingdom and France and a number of issues of interest. Saudi
Foreign investors to be given full access to Saudi parallel market
:: Saudi Arabia plans to make its capital market more accessible to foreign investors by giving them full access to NOMU, a parallel market recently launched for small and medium-sized enterprises, Mohammed El-Kuwaiz, chairman of the Capital Market Authority (CMA)
UN envoy seeks to further initiatives to end violence in Yemen
:: United Nations envoy to Yemen met with senior Yemeni and Saudi officials in Riyadh to discuss his initiatives to end fighting in Yemen. UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed stressing that “this is at heart a
Saudi Crown Prince: Qatar problem is very very small
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman described the Gulf rift with Qatar as a “very very small problem” in an interview on Thursday with Reuters at the Public Investment Forum in Riyadh. Crown Prince Mohammed said that the
Turkey: Former minister forms party to challenge Erdogan
:: A former Turkish interior minister and deputy parliament speaker has formed a new party hoping to challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in elections set for 2019. The 61-year-old Meral Aksener founded the center-right “Iyi Parti,” or “Good Party,” in
Saudi finance minister pledges greater transparency to lure investors
:: Saudi Finance Minster Mohammed Al-Jadaan told the Future Investment Initiative conference on Wednesday that increased financial transparency was vital to attract foreign investment. He also said it was a key part of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 program to diversify
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