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
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
Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood has become one big message
By : Raed Omari It would be no exaggeration to say that Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood is perishing. Given the widening cracks within the long-established group, which led to hundreds of leaders recently submitting their mass resignation, the kingdom’s Islamist movement
Egyptian ambassador returns to Israel after 3-year hiatus
Israel says Egypt has sent a new ambassador after a three-year hiatus. Israel’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday that the ambassador, Hazem Hairat, arrived on Friday. Israel and Egypt signed a historic peace accord in 1979, but relations have often been
Israel strikes Hamas military sites in Gaza
The Israeli air force carried out attacks on Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip early Saturday, Palestinian security sources said, just hours after rockets from the enclave hit southern Israel. According to the sources, the Israeli strikes targeted four empty
Israel approves economic plan for Arab minority
The Israeli government on Wednesday approved a plan worth several billion dollars to improve the economic situation of the Arab minority, officials said. Details on how the money will be spent were not immediately available. But a statement from Prime
Palestinian anger after man shot dead at Egypt border
Palestinians in Gaza and on social media have expressed outrage over the death of a naked man who was shot as he crossed from the Gaza Strip into Egypt. A video has spread online purporting to show the man walking
Israeli police shoot dead alleged Jerusalem knife attacker
A man tried to stab an Israeli police officer on Saturday near Jerusalem’s Old City and was killed, a police spokeswoman said. “Police officers spotted a man who aroused their suspicions and approached him to check,” she said, adding that
Minor reshuffle of Palestinian government angers Hamas
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas announced a minor cabinet reshuffle Monday, naming three new ministers to the national unity government in a move denounced by the Islamist Hamas group in Gaza. The official Wafa news agency said cabinet secretary Ali Abu
Israel strikes Gaza in response to rocket fire
Israeli warplanes hit Hamas bases in the Gaza Strip overnight, following a Palestinian rocket attack on Israel, the Israeli army said on Monday. “Yesterday evening…a rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip at southern Israel,” a military statement said. “No
Israeli air raid targets Hamas camp after shooting incidents
An Israeli air raid early on Monday struck a Hamas training camp in the northern Gaza Strip in response to shots fired at Israeli patrol vehicles along the border, with no injuries reported, officials said. Hamas security sources said two
Iran and Gulf states: Between blindness and hallucination
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed In a recent interview with The Atlantic magazine, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter blamed Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries for not confronting Iran regionally. “If you look at where the Iranians are able to wield
Israeli army launches air raid on Gaza Strip
Israel’s army launched an air raid on the Gaza Strip on on Monday evening after Hamas fired a rocket into southern Israel, said sources from both sides, adding that no one was hurt. “This morning, a rocket was fired from
Palestinian girl shot dead after ‘stabbing man’ in Jerusalem
Two Palestinian teenage girls allegedly attempted to stab a 70-year-old Palestinian man mistaken for an Israeli with scissors outside a central Jerusalem market on Monday before they were shot by police – in a fresh burst of violence ahead of
Rocket ‘fired from Gaza’ hits southern Israel
A rocket fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip hit an open field in southern Israel on Monday morning, the Israeli army said in a statement. “No injuries have been reported,” it added. A military spokeswoman told Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Israel detains 24 Hamas suspects in West Bank raids
Israel security forces arrested 24 suspected members of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in overnight raids in the northern West Bank, the army said on Tuesday. The raids targeted a suspected Hamas network in Qalqilya, a town just over the Green
Israeli fire kills Palestinian in Gaza clashes
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian in the Gaza Strip on Friday during clashes along the border, the enclave’s health ministry said. Salame Abu Jamaa, 23, was shot in the head during a protest east of Khan Yunis, health
Egyptian naval fire kills Gaza fisherman
An Egyptian naval patrol shot dead a Palestinian fisherman and wounded another on Thursday off the coast near the border between Hamas-ruled Gaza and Egypt, a Gaza health ministry spokesman said. The victim was identified as Faris Meqdad, 18, ministry
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