Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment

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 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 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 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 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 »

 

Tag Archives: Amman

Kerry lays out steps to ease Israeli-Palestinian strife

The United States on Saturday proposed steps, including 24-hour video surveillance, to end weeks of violence over a Jerusalem site holy to Muslims and Jews. Speaking in Amman after meeting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan’s King Abdullah, U.S. Secretary

Netanyahu promises to keep Al-Aqsa agreement

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday restated a pledge to uphold the custom of not permitting non-Muslim prayer at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque complex, at the center of a surge in unrest. “Israel re-affirms its commitment to upholding unchanged the

Jordan king warns Israel against changing Aqsa status quo

Jordanian King Abdullah

Jordanian King Abdullah II again warned Israel Thursday against any move to change the status quo at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound, while reiterating calls for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The king, whose country has custodial rights over

Syrian rebels receive weapons for Aleppo battle

Rebels battling the Syrian army and its allies south of Aleppo say they have received new supplies of U.S.-made anti-tank missiles from states that oppose President Bashar al-Assad since a major government offensive began there on Friday. Rebels from three

Russian, Syrian jets hit rebel towns north of Homs

Syrian troops and their allies, backed by Russian jets, attacked rebel-held towns north of the city of Homs on Thursday, targeting a long-held and strategic enclave of opposition to President Bashar al-Assad. The offensive that began before dawn expands on

Nusra Front urges attacks on Syria’s Alawites

The head of Syria’s al-Qaeda linked Nusra Front has urged on Monday to escalate attacks on the strongholds of President Bashar al Assad’s minority Alawite sect in retaliation for what he said was the indiscriminate killing of Sunni Muslims by

France’s strikes on Syria may have killed French militants

A French Rafale-2 jet fighter.

French air strikes in Syria have probably killed French militants, a source in the delegation of Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Monday during a visit to neighboring Jordan. “The strikes have killed militants. There might well be French militants

Russia-backed Syrian army makes advances in Hama

Mideast Syria Russia

Russian war planes pounded Syrian rebels unaffiliated with Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Sunday, insurgents said, helping Moscow’s ally Bashar al-Assad reclaim territory and dealing a fresh setback to the strategy of Washington and its allies. The

Jordan parliament accuses Israel of ‘state terrorism’

The Jordanian parliament Saturday accused Israel of “state terrorism” against the Palestinian people after its forces shot dead seven Palestinians and wounded more than 140 others in Gaza. “The Israeli enemy, sapping the rights of the Palestinians on their own

KSA donates $2 million to UNRWA

Saudi Ambassador to Jordan Sami Al-Saleh delivered a check for $2 million to the representative of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, and Director of External Relations and Projects Omar Al-Rifae on Sunday as a contribution to support

Assad says Russian air campaign vital to save Middle East

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said the success of a military campaign by Russia, Syria and its allies was vital to save the Middle East from destruction, a day after Moscow said it would step up air strikes against ISIS

Jordan MP’s son carried out Iraq suicide attack

A Jordanian parliamentarian’s son died carrying out a suicide attack claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group in Iraq this week, Jordanian media said Friday. Independent legislator Mazen al-Dhalaein was quoted as telling the Khaberni

Jordan king warns Israel against Jerusalem ‘provocation’

Jordan’s king warned Israel on Monday that any further “provocation” in Jerusalem where Israeli police have clashed with Muslims at Al-Aqsa mosque would damage ties between the two countries. “Any more provocation in Jerusalem will affect the relationship between Jordan

Cameron in Jordan for Syria refugee talks

Prime Minister David Cameron

British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in Jordan on Monday for a visit to a Syrian refugee camp and talks with King Abdullah II, the foreign ministry in Amman said. Before Jordan, Cameron toured a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon

Kurds claim capture of ISIS-held town

Syrian Kurdish-led forces said they had captured a town at the Turkish border from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Monday, driving it away from the frontier in an advance backed by U.S.-led air strikes that has thrust

Syrian rebels say they capture major base from army in south

Syrian rebels said they had captured a major Syrian army base in the south of the country on Tuesday, a defeat that would add to the pressure on President Bashar al-Assad after other recent setbacks. “We announce the liberation of

Jordan stranding hundreds of Syria refugees in desert, says rights group

Human Rights Watch accused Jordan on Wednesday of leaving hundreds of Syrian refugees stranded in the desert along its border with little access to aid after closing informal frontier crossings. “Jordanian authorities have severely restricted” the movement since March of

Jordan appoints veteran security chief as new interior minister

Hussein al-Majali

Jordan appointed a veteran security chief as its new interior minister on Tuesday after the sudden resignation of his predecessor over prison abuses and heavy handed crackdown against criminals. The state news agency Petra said King Abdullah issued a decree

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