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 court sentences Brotherhood leader, cleric to 20 years
An Egyptian court sentenced a leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and an Islamist cleric to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for attempting to kill two policemen, part of a government crackdown that has severely weakened the group. Mohammad
Saudi king awarded honorary doctorate from Egypt’s Al-Azhar
Egypt’s Al-Azhar mosque, considered the world’s leading center for Arabic literature and Islamic learning, awarded on Monday Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz an honorary doctorate. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal, who inaugurated the new Saudi embassy in Cairo
Egypt’s Sisi vows to resolve power crisis
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Saturday vowed to resolve Egypt’s electricity crisis, outlining a five-year, multibillion-dollar plan. In a televised addressed, Sisi acknowledged that there little had been done in the way of developing the country’s ailing electricity sector to
New reports highlight ISIS threat to Egypt
While Egypt’s al-Ahram newspaper reported that Cairo’s military establishment is changing its strategy to combat militants in light of new information that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group was present in Sinai, Reuters reported on Saturday
Mursi charged with passing state secrets to Qatar
CAIRO : Egypt charged ousted president Mohamed Mursi and several other people on Saturday with endangering national security by leaking state secrets and sensitive documents to Qatar, dealing a further blow to his outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. Relations between Qata and
U.N. report highlights mass displacement of Libyans by violence
A United Nations report on Thursday said four months of fighting by militias in Libya’s two biggest cities, Tripoli and Benghazi, has forced some 250,000 people to flee, including 100,000 who have been internally displaced. The report released by the
Egypt minister apologizes for massive blackout
Egypt’s Minister of Electricity Ahmed Shaker has apologized after the country suffered a massive power outage that affected some hospitals, halted parts of the Cairo subway, took TV stations off the air and saw much of the country grind to
Massive blackout hits Cairo rush hour
A huge power outage blacked out most of Cairo on Thursday causing major disruption across the city of some 20 million people at the height of the morning rush hour. Services were completely suspended on one of the city’s three
Blast in Egypt’s Sinai kills 11 policemen
Eleven Egyptian policemen were killed when a roadside bomb blast struck their armored vehicle in the restive Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, security officials said. Islamist militants have claimed a string of attacks that have killed scores of policemen and soldiers,
Egypt slams Israel plan to seize Palestinian land
Egypt denounced on Monday Israeli plans to expropriate West Bank land, saying the move violates international law and is an obstacle to efforts for a lasting Palestinian-Israeli settlement. “This is not a positive step — it contradicts international law and
Egypt’s MB chief gets death penalty reduced to life in prison
An Egyptian court sentenced Mohamed Badie, general guide of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, and seven others to life in prison on Saturday for inciting violence during protests last year, judicial sources said. Badie had already been sentenced to death and
Egypt ‘reassured’ on U.S. Apache promise
Secretary of State John Kerry told his Egyptian counterpart Friday that the United States intends to make good on its promise to deliver 10 Apache helicopters to help Cairo’s counterterrorism efforts. Kerry announced in June that he was “confident” Egypt
Video shows beheading of four Egyptians in Sinai
A Sinai-based militant group has posted an online video showing the beheading of four Egyptians, saying they had provided Israel with intelligence for an airstrike that killed three of its fighters. The Ansar Beit al-Maqdis group, whose name means Champions
Egypt probes Mursi for ‘giving security papers to Qatar’
Egypt has opened an investigation into deposed president Mohamed Mursi for allegedly handing over to Qatar “documents relevant to national security,” state news agency MENA reported on Wednesday. Mursi is already facing the death penalty in several trials and his
Wife of imprisoned aide to Egypt’s Mursi brings case to U.N.
The wife of the former aide of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi is raising her husband’s detention to the United Nations, Al Ahram Online reported. Canadian Sarah Attia is scheduled to meet with aides to the U.N. High Commissioner for
Egypt, UAE carried out Tripoli air strikes — US officials
Egypt and the United Arab Emirates were responsible for carrying out two series of air strikes in the past week on armed Islamist factions in Tripoli, Libya, US officials said on Monday. The officials said the two Arab countries
Egypt hosts conference to tackle Libya crisis
Egypt on Monday hosted a meeting of foreign ministers of Libya and its neighbors, as Islamist militias openly challenge the legitimacy of parliament after seizing Tripoli’s airport. The meeting in Cairo on Monday included the foreign ministers of Libya, Egypt,
Tunisia, Egypt close air routes to and from Libya
Tunisia and Egypt’s Cairo airport cancelled most flights to and from Libya on Thursday, officials said, days after the Libyan government said unidentified war planes had attacked positions of armed groups in Tripoli. A spokesman for the Tunisian Aviation Authority
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