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
Kerry, Abbas meet in New York to talk Gaza recovery
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday to discuss the situation in Gaza, a state department official said. The meeting in New York came as leaders converged for the United Nations General Assembly, and
Week of diplomacy: Israel-Hamas talks, Abbas at UN
It’s a busy week in Mideast diplomacy, book-ended by the launch of Israel-Hamas talks about a border deal for blockaded Gaza and the Palestinian president’s U.N. speech about a new strategy for dealing with Israel. The talks about Gaza’s future
Egypt forces shoot Palestinians infiltrating through Gaza tunnel
Egypt forces shoot Palestinians infiltrating through Gaza tunnel Security forces shot dead a Palestinian and wounded two others Saturday after they tried to enter Egypt from Gaza through a tunnel under the border town of Rafah, security officials said. The
‘Dud’ Israeli shell kills two in Gaza
A dud Israeli shell from this summer’s war on Gaza exploded Friday, killing two people and wounding three others in the north of the Palestinian enclave, an official said. The blast killed Ayman Abu Jebbeh and Abdullah Abu Asr, emergency
$500m KSA aid to spur Gaza Strip’s rebuilding
Saudi Arabia has pledged $500 million to help rebuild Gaza, Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Al-Hamdallah said on Thursday, with the full cost of post-war reconstruction expected to be around $4 billion over three years. Saudi Arabia’s commitment comes ahead of
U.N. brokers agreement to start Gaza rebuilding
The United Nations has brokered an agreement to enable the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, entrusting the lead role to the Palestinian Authority, the Associated Press reported the U.N.’s top Mideast envoy as saying on Tuesday. The agreement was brokered
Israeli arms sale to Ukraine ‘blocked’
A proposed sale of Israeli weapons including drones to Ukraine has been blocked for fear of antagonizing Russia, Israel’s Channel Two television reported on Monday. The broadcaster said a Ukrainian delegation had visited Israel with a view to acquiring military
After conflict, Gaza children go back to school
Around half a million children in Gaza began their new school year on Sunday, after a three-week delay caused by Israeli strikes on the strip, killing more than 2,100 Palestinians and caused massive damage to the city’s infrastructure. Sunday’s return
Picasso art used to spotlight war-torn Gaza
Palestinian filmmaker Khalil Mozayen’s latest work was already complexly layered – a movie within a movie about a director and screenwriter producing a film about an honor killing in the Gaza Strip. Then the latest Gaza war burst in to
Is the Palestinian honeymoon coming to an end?
Hamas officials on Monday accused Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of attempting to sabotage a reconciliation agreement after he accused the group of running a “shadow government” in Gaza, raising doubts over the durability of the nascent Palestinian unity. Hamas was
PM: Palestinians face boycott threats over Hamas wages
The international community has threatened to boycott the Palestinian leadership if it pays the salaries of former Hamas employees in Gaza, prime minister Rami Hamdallah told AFP on Sunday. In an exclusive interview, Hamdallah said he had been warned he
Abbas threatens to end unity with Hamas
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to break off a unity agreement with Hamas if the Islamist movement does not allow the government to operate properly in the Gaza Strip. His remarks came on the eve of talks in Cairo
Hamas leader snubs disarmament demand
A senior Hamas leader Friday rejected Israel’s demand that the group be disarmed as a condition for ending the long-running blockade of the Gaza Strip and permitting the opening of an airport and harbor there. Ismail Haniyeh told a gathering
Gaza reconstruction to cost $7.8bn
RAMALLAH : Rebuilding Gaza will cost $7.8 billion, the Palestinian Authority said on Thursday, in the most comprehensive assessment yet of damage from a seven-week war with Israel during which whole neighborhoods and vital infrastructure were flattened. The cost of
Israel issues tenders for new settler homes
Israel said Friday it published tenders for 283 new homes in a West Bank settlement, just days after announcing its biggest land grab on occupied Palestinian territory for three decades. The expansion of the Elkana settlement, in the northwest of
U.S. open to new Gaza resolution if it helps truce
The United States is open to a new U.N. resolution on Gaza but only if it contributes to sustaining the Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said Wednesday. Ambassador Samantha Power told reporters that a resolution must
Kerry calls Netanyahu to protest land grab
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry protested the Israeli decision to appropriate more than 900 acres of land belonging to Palestinian villages in the West Bank in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu early on Wednesday, Israeli
Israel plans to expropriate 400 hectares of west bank
Israel announced plans on Sunday to expropriate 400 hectares (988 acres) of Palestinian land in the Bethlehem area in the south of the occupied West Bank, the military said. “On the instructions of the political echelon… 4,000 dunams at (the
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