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: CAIRO

ISIS video threatens attacks in Moscow, Russia

ISIS has released a video threatening attacks in Russia “very soon” in revenge for Russian bombing in Syria, the SITE monitoring group said on Thursday, and the Kremlin said Russian state security services would study the material. Al-Hayat Media Center,

Egypt police kill leading ISIS militant in Cairo

Egyptian police said on Monday they killed a top Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group operative in the capital implicated in a string of attacks including the murders of a Croat and an American. An interior ministry statement

Egypt: too soon for conclusions in plane crash probe

A cockpit record from the Russian jet which crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula one week ago registered a noise in the last second of recording, the head of an investigation committee into the crash said on Saturday. But the committee

Bahrain jails five for Iran-linked militancy, strips their citizenship

Five Bahrainis were convicted of conspiring with Iran to carry out attacks inside Bahrain, sentenced to life imprisonment and stripped of their citizenship, Bahrain’s Public Prosecutor was cited as saying by state news agency BNA reported. The Sunni Muslim-ruled kingdom

Egypt court postpones Mubarak’s final trial over 2011 killing of protesters

Egypt’s top court on Thursday postponed the final trial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak over the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ended his 30-year rule. The Cassation Court adjourned Mubarak’s second and final retrial until Jan.

One of two black boxes from Russian plane damaged: Egypt ministry

Investigators have extracted and validated the contents of the flight data recorder, one of two so-called black boxes recovered from the Russian airplane that crashed in Egypt, Egypt’s Civil Aviation Ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry said the second black

At least four Egypt police killed in Sinai bombing

At least four Egyptian policemen were killed when a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a police club in the Sinai Penisula on Wednesday, state media reported, as the Islamic State group claimed the attack. State television said there were

Rare cyclone batters Yemen, thousands flee homes

A cyclone with hurricane-force winds made landfall on Yemen’s Arabian Sea coast on Tuesday, flooding the country’s fifth-largest city Mukalla and sending thousands of people fleeing for shelter. Officials and meteorologists say the storm is the most intense in decades

Sisi says ISIS air disaster claim is ‘propaganda’

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has dismissed as “propaganda” claims by a branch of ISIS that they were responsible downing a Russian plane, the BBC reported Tuesday. His remarks came as a top U.S. intelligence official said it was “unlikely”

Iraq parliament bars govt from passing reforms

Iraq’s parliament voted on Monday to bar the government from passing key reforms without its approval in an effort to restrict Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, parliamentarians said. The chamber took the step after Abadi unilaterally passed reforms in August it

Al-Qaeda urges fight against West and Russia

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri called on supporters to band together to confront the threat from the West and Russia in Syria and Iraq, the latest recording suggesting greater unity between al-Qaeda and ISIS. “The Americans, Russians, Iranians, Alawites, and Hezbollah

Daesh claims downing Russian airliner in Sinai

The affiliate of the Daesh group affiliate in Egypt has claimed that it downed the Russian charter plane that crashed in the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 passengers and crew on board. The Daesh (Arabic acronym for Islamic State) affiliate,

Egypt turnout 21.7% in first round run-off

The first round run-off in Egypt’s parliamentary election produced a turnout of 21.7 percent, officials announced Friday, reflecting disinterest in a vote held in the absence of any strong opposition. The tally for voting Tuesday and Wednesday, announced by the

Egyptians return to vote as election run-off begins

Egyptians returned to polling stations on Tuesday as a first round run-off got underway in a parliamentary vote after a low turnout during the first round of voting earlier last week. The first round of vote held in 14 of

Progress on Syria, but no future role for Assad: KSA

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir.

Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said on Sunday that Syrian leader Bashar Assad should have no role in Syria’s “future,” adding there had been some progress in international talks on resolving the conflict. He made the comments after meeting his Egyptian

Severe weather sweeps Mideast, 6 dead in Egypt

• Deaths caused by tramway electrocution in Alexandria • Israel pounded with baseball-sized hail • Floodwaters send torrents of uncollected garbage through Beirut streets Severe weather swept across the Middle East on Sunday, pounding Israel with baseball-sized hail, sending torrents

Saudi, Egypt have ‘similar’ stance on Syria

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Jubair said on Sunday both Cairo and Riyadh have a “similar” stance on Syria during his visit to Egypt, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. In a joint press conference with his Egyptian counterpart, Jubair reiterated Saudi

ISIS militants claim blast near Egypt pyramids

Four people were wounded on Friday by a bomb planted at a Cairo intersection near the Pyramids, the interior ministry said, and ISIS claimed it had planted the device. Separately in Sinai, where the ISIS group is waging an insurgency,

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