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: Egypt
Jordan, Egypt, Palestine reiterate commitment to two-state solution
:: Jordan, Palestine and Egypt reiterated their commitment to the two-state solution as the only solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, expressing their willingness to cooperate with the US administration to achieve that goal. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi met in
IMF reaches staff level agreement for second loan installment to Egypt
:: The International Monetary Fund said on Friday it had reached a staff-level agreement with Egypt on a second loan installment that would make available about $1.25 billion. The IMF approved a $12-billion, three-year loan program to Egypt in November
Al-Azhar disowned a famous preacher for atoning Christians
:: Al-Azhar disowned a famous Egyptian preacher who expiated Christians; his fatwa was met with great controversy during the past two days. Al-Azhar said in an official statement on Thursday that “the Islamic Research Council discussed in its session held
Egypt officials: Militants kill 10 Sinai tribesmen
:: ISIS militants in Egypt’s restive northern part of the Sinai Peninsula ambushed local tribesmen who were securing an area in the region, killing 10, security officials said. The men were from the Tarabin tribe and were manning a checkpoint
Egypt’s first lady appears for the 1st time in a presidential meeting
:: Egypt’s first lady Mrs. Intesar Amer, wife of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, appeared for the first time in an official presidential meeting since Sisi took office as president. Egypt’s presidential office shared pictures of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
Egypt’s media dilemma
By : Mohammed Nosseir :: Watching entertainment programs and news broadcasts on Egyptian television a few decades ago was not only a good option for millions of Arabs, it was the only available one. The Egyptian dialect, which many Arabs
Muslim Brotherhood willing to scrap demand for Mursi’s return
:: A document issued by Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has appeared to show that the group is willing to forsake the return of deposed President Mohammed Mursi, a cause they had long been loyal to, and seeks to align with Egyptian
Egypt aims to raise wheat silo storage capacity in 2017/18
:: Egypt aims to raise its silo storage capacity for wheat to 3.13 million tons in 2017/18 from 1.528 in 2015/16, a statement from the planning ministry said on Tuesday. Egypt is the world’s top importer of wheat. The country
Muslim Brotherhood’s Supreme Guide Mohammed Badie sentenced to life in prison
:: On Monday, the Giza Criminal Court, headed by Counselor Moataz Khafaji, sentenced Mohammed Badie, the Muslim Brotherhood’s supreme guide to life imprisonment, and two others for Rabaa operations room case. The court placed a 5-year strict imprisonment for 15
Terrorism in Egypt: A disease that needs chemotherapy, not surgery
By : Mohammed Nosseir :: “Although we invented war, I can’t understand or imagine how people can decide to blow themselves up,” said a Western acquaintance who was seeking my help to understand the sick behavior of suicide-bombers (that I,
Suspected ISIS militants kill Christian man in northern Sinai
:: Security officials say a Christian man has been shot dead by suspected militants while inside a barber’s shop in Egypt’s turbulent northern Sinai. The late Saturday killing in the coastal city of Al-Arish came one day after ISIS’s local
Egypt reopens crossing with Gaza in humanitarian move
:: Egypt reopened the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip for three days starting on Saturday to allow hundreds of stranded Palestinians to return home, officials said. The move, described by Palestinian border officials as a “humanitarian” gesture, will
Al-Azhar University dismisses its president after three months on the job
:: has decided to dismiss Dr. Ahmed Hosni, president of al-Azhar University, just three months after the latter took office. Al-Tayeb made the decision on Friday to appoint Dr. Mohammed Hussein al-Mahrasawi, dean of the faculty of Arabic language at
EgyptAir crash ‘an accident’, say French investigators
:: No traces of explosives were found on the remains of French victims from an EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean in May 2016, a source close to the French investigation told AFP on Friday. The revelation, the source
ISIS leader warns Muslims to avoid Christian gatherings in Egypt
:: ISIS leader warned Muslims in Egypt to avoid Christian gatherings, posing a threat of further attacks against Christians in the country following two suicide bombings that targeted two churches last month. In the weekly Al Naba newspaper, published on
No room for dialogue with Iran: Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
:: Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ruled out any dialogue with Iran because of Tehran’s overarching hegemonistic ambitions in the region. In a wide-ranging interview with prominent Saudi host and journalist, Dawood Al-Shirian, which was aired Tuesday
Gunmen kill three Egypt policemen in Cairo gun attack
:: Unidentified gunmen attacked an Egyptian police convoy near the main ring road around Cairo, killing three officers and wounding five others, the interior ministry said early on Tuesday. “Armed elements riding in two vehicles approached a moving security convoy”
Remittances from Egyptians abroad rise by 13.8 pct since November
:: Egyptians have risen 13.8 percent since the central bank floated the pound in November, the central bank said in a statement on Tuesday. The central bank said remittances were $8 billion pounds in the five months, compared with $7
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