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
EU distributes document suggesting sanctions on Israel: report
The European Union has disseminated a “confidential” draft document to its 28 member states which includes a proposal for imposing sanctions on Israel if Tel Aviv takes actions in the West Bank hindering the possibility of a two-state solution, a
‘Everything needed for Gaza depends on Israeli approval’
About 13.6 million people have been displaced by conflicts in Syria and Iraq, many without food or shelter as winter starts, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR reported on Tuesday. This shocking report, says Bill Corcoran, overlooks the dire circumstances Gazans
Colombia FM Denied entry to Ramallah
Israeli authorities denied this week Colombia’s foreign minister entry to Ramallah, in what seemed to be a loud diplomatic statement on the status of Jerusalem, Israel’s Haaretz newspaper reported. The Foreign Ministry of Bogota released a statement explaining that Israel
Israeli settlers ‘set fire’ to West Bank mosque
Israeli settlers started a blaze in a mosque near the West Bank town of Ramallah overnight, setting the first floor on fire, Palestinian security officials said Wednesday, according to Agence France-Presse. “The settlers set fire to the whole of the
Abbas accuses Israel of religious war
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel on Tuesday of leading the region toward a “religious war,” saying frequent visits by Jewish worshippers to a site sacred to both Islam and Judaism are fueling clashes that have raised fears of a
Palestinian leader accuses Israel of religious war
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday accused the Islamist movement Hamas of trying “to destroy” efforts to broker national unity through a series of bomb blasts in Gaza last week, Agence France-Presse reported. Abbas accused Hamas of being behind the
Palestinian killed in blast at south Gaza crossing
One Palestinian was killed and two others injured Tuesday when a blast hit a fuel truck at a crossing in southern Gaza, medics said. Emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said a 20-year-old man had been killed in the explosion which
Netanyahu ‘invites’ Israeli-Arabs to leave Israel
Premier Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday publicly challenged Israeli Arabs protesting against a deadly police shooting in one of their villages to go and live in the West Bank and Gaza. Ahmed Tibi, a prominent Arab legislator, said the comments showed
How the Gaza attacks can blow Palestine recognition efforts
Analysed By: Rajia Aboulkheir and Mustapha Ajbaili The overnight bombing that targeted the homes of Fatah leaders in the Gaza Strip and which the movement blamed on Hamas threaten to tear up the Palestinian unity government and slow the international
Top EU diplomat says Palestinian state needed
The European Union lent support Saturday to Palestinian statehood efforts with the bloc’s new foreign affairs chief saying a Palestinian state was needed to prevent a repeat of this year’s Gaza war. “We need a Palestinian state — that is
Hamas announces ‘popular army’ after al-Aqsa clash
Hamas announced the creation of a “popular army” in the Gaza Strip on Friday, saying it was ready for any future conflict with Israel, particularly over the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound. At a ceremony at the Jabaliya refugee camp in
Fatah blames Hamas for Gaza bombings
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement blamed Islamist movement Hamas for series of bomb attacks against the homes of Fatah leaders in the Gaza Strip overnight. “The Fatah central committee condemns the crimes which took place this morning against its
Palestinians clash with Israeli troops again over holy site
GAZA: Palestinian protesters fought with Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank on Friday, the latest clashes in a fortnight of violence over access to Jerusalem’s holiest site. At the Qalandia checkpoint separating Ramallah from Jerusalem,
Series of blasts strike Fatah targets in Gaza
A series of small explosions targeted the homes and vehicles of officials from President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement in the Gaza Strip on Friday, members of the party and witnesses said, causing minor damage but no injuries, Reuters reported. The
Gaza Produce Send To West Bank
Israel on Thursday allowed Palestinian farmers to ship produce from the blockaded Gaza Strip to the occupied West Bank, via Israeli territory, for the first time since 2007. Israeli authorities said such shipments, which they halted after Hamas Islamists seized
ICC says won’t prosecute over Israel’s deadly Gaza flotilla raid
The International Criminal Court will not prosecute over Israel’s raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in 2010 in which 10 Turkish activists died, despite a “reasonable basis to believe that war crimes were committed”. Chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said that there
Hamas militant slams car into pedestrians
A militant from Palestinian Islamist group Hamas slammed a minivan into a crowd waiting for a train Wednesday in Jerusalem, killing one person and wounding 13. Just hours later, the Israeli military said a Palestinian motorist drove into a group
Israeli killed in East Jerusalem car attack
A Palestinian rammed his car into a crowded train platform in east Jerusalem on Wednesday, in the second attack of its kind in two weeks, killing one person and fuelling concerns of another Palestinian uprising. Israeli security forces identified the
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