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: Gaza Strip
Gaza’s Hamas rulers says Egypt briefly opens border crossing
The Islamist group Hamas that rules Gaza says Egypt has opened its border with the territory for the first time this year. Hamas said Saturday that the Rafah crossing is open for two days. A few hundred people are expected
Israeli air strike in Gaza kills Palestinian
An Israeli aircraft attacked a group of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday who the military said planned to detonate a bomb at the border with Israel, and Palestinian hospital officials said one man was killed. Local residents in
Gaza Strip gets 1st new hospital in a decade
The Gaza Strip’s struggling health care system will get some much needed help in 2016 after the first new hospital in a decade opened its doors in the territory last month and as two more foreign-funded clinics are set to
Hamas: Egyptian border guards shoot and kill disabled Gazan
The spokesman of Hamas’ police in Gaza says Egyptian border guards opened fire last week, killing a mentally disabled Gazan who tried to get across the border between Egypt and the coastal strip. The spokesman, Eyad al-Bozom, says the shooting
Palestinian official: Gaza border deal reached with Egypt
A senior Palestinian official on Monday said the Palestinian Authority has reached an agreement with Egypt to reopen the Gaza Strip’s main border crossing in an arrangement meant to bypass the territory’s Hamas rulers. Azzam al-Ahmad, an aide to Palestinian
Zionist aggression slays pregnant woman, baby
An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed a pregnant Palestinian woman and her toddler, drawing a warning Sunday from Hamas, as unrest spun further toward a full-scale uprising. After days of unrest in the West Bank and Israel, Gaza has been
Palestinian rocket fired from Gaza hits Israel
A rocket fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip hit southern Israel on Sunday night but fell on open ground, the Israeli army said in a statement. “No injuries have been reported,” it added. On September 30, Israeli warplanes hit
Israeli aircraft strike Gaza after rocket fire
Israel carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday after Palestinian militants there fired rockets into southern Israel. The overnight air strikes targeted two training camps belonging to the Islamist group Hamas, causing no injuries, officials and witnesses
Gaza rebuilding ‘visibly accelerated’: U.N.
The United Nations’ Mideast envoy has given a rare upbeat assessment in the Gaza Strip, saying that postwar reconstruction is speeding up. Thousands of homes were destroyed or damaged in the 50 days of fighting between Israel and the Hamas
U.N. envoy says Gaza reconstruction speeding up
The United Nations’ Mideast envoy has given a rare upbeat assessment in the Gaza Strip, saying that postwar reconstruction is speeding up. Thousands of homes were destroyed or damaged in the 50 days of fighting between Israel and the Hamas
Egypt military says two soldiers, 64 militants killed in Sinai
Egypt’s military said two soldiers were killed Saturday during a widescale offensive against jihadists in the Sinai Peninsula that killed 64 militants on its sixth day. The military launched the campaign Monday to uproot militants loyal to the Islamic State
Egypt opens borders with Gaza for the first time in months
Egypt has opened its borders with the Gaza Strip for the first time in months. The Rafah border crossing opened Saturday morning and will operate for three days, allowing Palestinians to travel in both directions. Maher Abu Sabha, head of
Hamas launches crackdown on Salafist groups in Gaza Strip
The ruling Hamas militant group launched a crackdown Tuesday on radical Salafi groups following a series of unclaimed bombings in the Gaza Strip, arresting dozens of people and setting up military-type checkpoints. Hamas, an Islamic militant group that has ruled
Palestinian who clashed with Israeli troops dies of wounds
Palestinian officials say a Palestinian man wounded in clashes with Israeli troops the night before has died. The officials say Mohammed Yehya died on Tuesday at a hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus. Palestinians say he was shot
Israeli tanks strike Gaza after rocket fired
Israeli tanks hit a position of the Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip after a rocket was launched on southern Israel from the Palestinian enclave, Israel’s army said Friday. A military statement said its overnight strike had targeted “terrorist
Israeli warplanes hit southern Gaza after sniper fire
Israeli fighter jets carried out an air strike in southern Gaza on Wednesday and killed a Hamas militant after a sniper attack on a patrol seriously wounded a soldier, the army and medics said. The Israeli military said on a
1 in 5 of Gaza dead are children
Sobbing and shaking, Ismail Abu Musallam leaned against the wall of a hospital Friday, waiting for three of his children to be prepared for burial. They were killed as they slept when an Israeli tank shell hit their home, burying
Gaza escalation is security concern for Jordan, say analysts
Israel’s escalation in the Gaza Strip is a security concern for Jordan, in addition to the kingdom’s existing worries over neighboring Syria and Iraq, analysts say. “From a wider perspective, there’s regional chaos starting from Syria, Sinai and then Iraq,”
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