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 »
Tag Archives: ARAB WORLD
King Salman, Moroccan king discuss coordinating efforts to contain Iran threats
:: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Morocco’s King Mohammed VI spoke on Thursday to emphasize the need to unite their positions and coordinate efforts to counter the aggressive tendency of the Iranian regime. King Salman called the Moroccan king and
Crass cliches about Arab Muslims are spreading hatred and fear across Britain
By : Nabila Ramdani :: Ask a British person what an Arab looks like and descriptions are likely to fall somewhere between the enigmatic desert chieftain played by Omar Sharif in “Lawrence of Arabia” and the tawny, unshaven terrorist schemers
50 years on, stereotypes of Arab world still linger
By : Chris Doyle :: Fifty years ago, an opinion poll found that 98 percent of the British population knew little or nothing about the Arab world. This was a prime concern for the newly created Council for Arab-British Understanding
The Arab world: A perspective from Britain
By : Stephan Shakespeare :: The Arab world is a mystery to most Britons, and only a minority want to find out more about it. When they consider military intervention in the region, they judge it by its likelihood of
Technology is unifying and dividing the Arab world
By : Zaid M. Belbagi :: Having been almost stationary for an hour in a Beirut traffic jam, I asked the driver about the difficulties of working with Uber. Much to my surprise, he defended the transportation and delivery service,
How can the Arab world and West counter Tehran?
By : Dr. Majid Rafizadeh :: Donald Trump’s first international trip as US president has now ended. After all the controversy about his campaign rhetoric regarding Islam and his executive orders on travelers from some Middle Eastern countries, Trump’s choice
It is not just Americans who know so little of the Arab world
By : Chris Doyle :: Should we be shocked that 81 percent of Americans cannot identify the Arab world on the map? This was the headline finding of the Arab News/YouGov poll published last week. After all, the US just
India’s engagement with Arab world under Modi
By : Talmiz Ahmad :: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi sat beside Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi, at India’s Republic Day parade on Jan. 26, he marked an unprecedented Indian diplomatic engagement with Gulf countries:
‘Blood brotherhood’ between Iran and Syria
By : Turki Aldakhil :: “We are blood brothers with Iran.” This is what the Baathist Syrian foreign minister said after decades of making statements on his nation’s legacy and on a one-Arab nation carrying a mortal message. After making
What PM Modi’s imminent Israel visit means for India’s Arab allies
For almost two years, there has been intense speculation over Narendra Modi becoming India’s first prime minister to visit Israel. Both sides have confirmed plans, analysts have discussed its scope and implications and it has even been reported that he
UN and the question of Quran’s interpretation
By : Mashari Althaydi During the recent Arab summit, that was held in Jordan next to the holy land in Palestine, one of the scenes that caught everybody’s attention was the speech of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the
Looking at history through different lenses
By : Nawar Fakhry Ezzi “Insiders” in any community seem to be the best qualified to research and write about their community’s history because they have the advantage of better understanding the intricate cultural and linguistic context necessary to validate
After London, where do we go from here?
By : Mamdouh AlMuhaini The recent terrorist attack in London is an addition to the tragic list of violent acts that have claimed lives of innocent people who just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Strength of the Arab world lies in its mothers
By : Yara al-Wazir The strength of women in the Middle East cannot be directly measured using international indices and metrics. It can be exemplified in the strength of the mothers in the region who have pulled through despite the
The only way to root out terrorism
By : Mohammed Al Shaikh The ongoing political struggle in Iraq between Sadrists and the Dawa Party is a Shiite-Shiite struggle. It is between two Islamized and politicized groups belonging to the same sect. Vested interests and the dire need
Arab and Muslim relations with the world
By : Radwan al-Sayed In his meeting with Saudi diplomats and employees at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, King Salman bin Abdul Aziz stressed on the need to focus on shifting the speech and focal points because the current situation
Qatar delays new Arab League head: diplomats
Qatar has delayed the appointment of a veteran Egyptian diplomat as the next head of the Arab League over his “hostile positions” towards the Gulf state, diplomats said on Thursday. Egypt was expecting Ahmed Abul Gheit, the last foreign minister
Can Arab world economies achieve what politics couldn’t?
By : Raed Omari We Arabs have been in a state of loss and despair since late 2010. If it is not war, bloodshed and starvation, we encounter instability and insecurity. Even the luckiest among us are at the least
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