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
Egypt orders activist Abdel Fattah back to jail: family
An Egyptian court ordered prominent activist Alaa Abdel Fattah back to jail Monday after he was previously freed on bail during a trial for taking part in an illegal protest, a relative said. His sister Mona Seif told AFP Abdel
Egypt army ‘kills 8 Sinai jihadists,’ sends more troops
Eight suspected jihadists were killed in a shootout in Egypt’s Sinai, the army said Monday, as more troops were deployed to the peninsula where a car bomb killed dozens last week. Seven “terrorists and criminals” were arrested after the shootout,
Sisi orders army to guard key state facilities
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday ordered the army to join police forces in protecting vital state installations, in a decree also allowing military trials for civilians suspected of attacking state infrastructure following deadly attacks on soldiers. The decree
Egypt-inspired probe explores our galaxy’s secrets
A space craft named after the Nile’s Isle of Philae will land on a comet following a 10-year mission through space aimed to unlock some of the universe’s secrets, the Guardian reported. As part of the Rosetta Mission, organized by
Egypt postpones Gaza truce talks after Sinai attacks
Israeli-Palestinian talks on a lasting Gaza truce are to resume after mid-November, instead of Monday as initially planned, the chief Palestinian negotiator Azzam al-Ahmad told AFP Sunday. The announcement came after other Palestinian officials said the talks had been postponed
Egypt sentences 23 pro-democracy protesters to 3 years
An Egyptian court sentenced 23 pro-democracy activists on Sunday to three years in prison each for holding an unlicensed protest, after international calls to free the defendants. The rights activists include Yara Sallam and Sanaa Seif, described by Amnesty International
Sisi vows decisive measures after deadly Sinai attack
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi vowed on Saturday to take decisive security measure in Sinai and on the border with the Gaza strip as he blamed foreign actors for a terrorist attack that killed 30 Egyptian soldiers on Friday. “We
Egypt-Gaza border closed after deadly Sinai attack
Egypt was set to close the Rafah border crossing with Gaza Strip as part of an emergency measure in the wake of the deadliest attack on Egyptian security forces in the nearby Sinai Peninsula that killed more than two dozen
Sinai attacks kill at least 29 Egyptian soldiers
Three more Egyptian soldiers were killed in the Sinai Peninsula on Friday, hours after an attack on two armored vehicles that stopped at a checkpoint killed 26 soldiers, security sources said. An earlier report said 10 soldiers were killed and
Stripping Egyptians of citizenship: a new punishment?
Based on available information, Hisham Mohammad Ahmed al-Tayeb is the first Egyptian to be stripped of his citizenship. According to a cabinet decree issued on Oct. 15, the decision was taken because of “his permanent residence outside the country and
Egypt jails 25 on terrorism charges
An Egyptian court jailed 25 men Wednesday for from seven years to life for planning “terrorist attacks” on state institutions during the presidency of Islamist Mohamed Mursi. The accused, members of the so-called “Nasr City Cell,” were arrested in 2012
Bomb explosion outside Cairo University wounds at least seven
An explosion outside Cairo University wounded at least seven people on Wednesday, among them police and civilians, security sources said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Islamist militants have carried out a series of attacks against police and soldiers,
Two Israeli soldiers wounded by gunfire from Egypt’s Sinai
Two Israeli soldiers near the border with Egypt were wounded by gunfire from Sinai on Wednesday, Al Arabiya correspondent reported, citing the Israeli army. In a statement on Twitter, the army said: “2 IDF soldiers were injured by fire directed
Egypt bans anti-Mubarak activist from leaving Cairo
Egypt’s authorities banned a prominent activist of the 2011 uprising, Asma Mahfouz, from leaving the country late Tuesday while on her way to Bangkok, a Cairo airport official said. Mahfouz, a well known youth leader, was a leading figure of
Egypt sentences to death 7 suspected members of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis
An Egyptian court sentenced to death seven suspected members of Islamist militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis on Tuesday on charges related to attacks on the military in and around Cairo in March which killed nine soldiers, judicial sources said. The
Egypt PM says no plan for military action against ISIS
Egypt has no plans to provide the United States with direct military assistance in its war against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) even though American aerial bombardment may not be enough to defeat the group, the country’s prime
ISIS recruited ‘former Egyptian police officer’ for suicide attack
Websites allegedly affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claimed that an ex-Egyptian police officer had died in a suicide attack in Iraq earlier this year, al-Ahram Online reported. Another website made similar allegations claiming that Ahmed
Roadside bomb kills seven in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula
Egyptian officials say a roadside bomb in the restive Sinai Peninsula has killed 7 troops and seriously wounded four. The officials said the explosion Sunday ripped through a military armored vehicle traveling south of el-Arish, the provincial capital of northern
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