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: CAIRO
Bomb kills six in Cairo during police raid
A bomb blast killed six people including three policemen Thursday as a team of officers raided an apartment in the Egyptian capital suspected to be a militant hideout, police said. The explosion near a road that leads to the site
Gunmen kill five Egyptian police in Sinai
Unknown assailants have shot dead five Egyptian policemen in an attack on a security checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula, the interior ministry said on Thursday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the assault on Wednesday night in North
Activists arrested in Egypt ahead of revolution anniversary
Egyptian authorities are rounding up activists two weeks before the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 25 uprising which led to the ouster of longtime President Hosni Mubarak. According to lawyer Mukhtar Munair, three activists including prominent physician Taher Mokhtar were
Egypt extends participation in Yemen conflict for up to one year
Egypt’s national defense council on Thursday extended the military’s participation in the Saudi-led operation in Yemen for up to one year, the presidency said in a statement. “The national defence council agreed to extend the participation of the required elements
Yemen ISIS-linked militants kill senior officer in Aden
Yemen’s ISIS-linked militants say they have killed a senior security officer in the southern port city of Aden. The militants on Monday said in an online statement that they killed Col. Ali Saleh al-Yafie and posted photographs purported to show
Egypt’s parliament meets after long absence
Egypt’s new parliament held its opening session on Sunday, state television reported, more than three years after a court dissolved the old Islamist-dominated chamber. The body is expected to choose a speaker on its first day back, and now has
Egypt tourism minister to visit red sea resort after attack
Egypt’s tourism minister was expected Saturday to visit the victims of an attack at a Red Sea resort hotel by knife-wielding assailants, the latest blow to the country’s beleaguered tourism industry. The interior ministry said two men who attacked the
Cairo suburb gun attack kills officer and soldier
Armed men shot dead a police officer and a soldier on Saturday while they were in their car in the Giza area, on the outskirts of Cairo, the state news agency said. “Immediately after the incident several moving and fixed
Egypt court upholds Mubarak jail sentence
Egypt’s top appeals court upheld on Saturday a three-year prison sentence for ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons for corruption. It was not immediately clear, however, how long Mubarak would remain in detention. Both of his sons were
Egypt minister suggests anniversary protests would violate Islamic law
Egypt’s minister of religious endowments has warned against holding protests during the anniversary of the uprising that ended President Hosni Mubarak’s rule, the state news agency said, and suggested any unrest would violate Islamic law. Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said during
ISIS carried out Cairo hotel attack in response to calls targeting Jews
ISIS said on Friday its members carried out an armed attack on Israeli tourists in Cairo in response to a call by the group’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to target Jews “everywhere”. The group said in a statement released online
ISIS-linked group attacks Sinai pipeline to Jordan
The Egyptian branch of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group on Thursday said it had bombed a pipeline that carries gas to Jordan and to a major industrial zone in north Sinai. Security sources confirmed that attackers
Egypt: no one hurt in attack near Pyramids
An attacker fired birdshot at an Egyptian security post outside a hotel near the Giza Pyramids on Thursday morning, the Interior Ministry said. The ministry said no one was hurt in the incident at the Three Pyramids Hotel, but the
Egypt rights group visits prison, but says access lacking
Egypt’s state-sanctioned human rights body says a delegation was able to visit a prison holding Muslim Brotherhood leaders but that authorities sharply limited access to prisoners. George Ishak, a member in the National Council for Human Rights, says the delegation
Jet with ministers returns to Cairo as tempers fly
In a bizarre incident, three Arab ministers missed an important meeting because of flying tempers inside the aircraft they were traveling in. A fight involving three Saudi passengers caused an EgyptAir flight, bound for Riyadh, to return to the Egyptian
Egypt arrests 3 Facebook admins ahead of Jan. 25 anniversary
Egypt’s Interior Ministry says it has arrested three people who are running 23 Facebook pages, accusing them of using the website to incite against state institutions. The ministry accused two men, both age 27, and a 25-year-old women of being
Egypt’s Q1 current account deficit at $4 bln vs $1.6 bln
Egypt’s current account deficit widened to $4 billion in the first quarter of the financial year 2015/16 compared with a deficit of $1.6 billion in the same period a year earlier, the central bank said in a statement on Wednesday.
Egypt arrests 4 leaders of anti-Mubarak movement
Egyptian authorities Monday arrested four leaders of a youth movement that spearheaded the 2011 revolt against former president Hosni Mubarak, judicial officials said. The arrests of the leaders of the April 6 movement come less than one month before the
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