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
Jordan: No cameras inside mosques at Jerusalem site
Two mosques at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site will be exempt from monitoring by security cameras, Jordan’s king said Thursday, in an apparent attempt to allay Palestinian concerns about his plan to install the cameras inside the hilltop compound. Also
‘Operational intifada leadership’ urged by Hamas
Exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal called on all Palestinian groups to form a unified leadership of the current wave of violence against Israel, which he called an intifada, or uprising. Speaking by video-link from Qatar, the head of the Islamist
Israel air raid hits Gaza in response to rocket fire
Israel carried out an air strike against two Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip after a rocket was fired onto its territory on Monday night, the military said. “In response to this evening’s rocket fire, the IAF (Israeli Air Force)
Kerry lays out steps to ease Israeli-Palestinian strife
The United States on Saturday proposed steps, including 24-hour video surveillance, to end weeks of violence over a Jerusalem site holy to Muslims and Jews. Speaking in Amman after meeting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan’s King Abdullah, U.S. Secretary
Ex-Israeli PM sued over deadly raid on Gaza flotilla
The family of a U.S. citizen who was killed during a raid by Israeli troops in 2010 on a Gaza-bound flotilla are suing former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, claiming unlawful death and torture. Attorneys representing the Turkish family of
Israeli soldiers and settler kill two Palestinians
Israeli soldiers and a settler shot dead two Palestinians who tried to stab Jews in separate incidents in annexed east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the army and police said. In the first attack at just before
Israel authorizes sealing off parts of Jerusalem
Israel’s security cabinet has authorized police to seal off Arab sectors of Occupied East Jerusalem, according to a statement from the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released early on Wednesday. “The security cabinet decided several measures to combat terrorism,
Kingdom exhorts world community to contain Israel
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, during Monday’s Cabinet meeting, urged the international community, including the United Nations to take action against Israel, to ensure it stops its violations against the Palestinian people, and ensure their rights are recognized. The
Israel ‘wants third Intifida’: Palestinian murdered in cold blood by Zionist troops
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Al-Malki on Monday accused Israel of seeking to spark “a third Intifada,” as violence again flared in Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. “(Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu wants to instigate a third Intifada.
Israeli strike kills Palestinian mother and toddler
A pregnant Palestinian mother and her toddler daughter were killed when an Israeli air strike demolished their home in the northern Gaza Strip, medical sources said early Sunday. The fatalities were identified as Nur Hassan, 30, and her daughter Rahaf
Israeli-Palestinian violence reaches Gaza
Israeli troops shot dead six Palestinians in protests in Gaza and a knife-wielding Jewish man wounded four Arabs in southern Israel on Friday in a wave of violence that has fuelled talk of a new uprising, or intifada. The soldiers
Six killed in Gaza as Israeli-Palestinian violence widens
Israeli troops shot dead six Palestinians in protests in Gaza on Friday and a knife-wielding Jewish man wounded four Arabs in southern Israel in a wave of violence that has fueled talk of a new uprising against Israeli occupation. The
KSA donates $2 million to UNRWA
Saudi Ambassador to Jordan Sami Al-Saleh delivered a check for $2 million to the representative of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, and Director of External Relations and Projects Omar Al-Rifae on Sunday as a contribution to support
Israeli air raid hits Gaza after rocket attack
Israel has carried out an air strike on the Gaza Strip early on Monday in response to a Palestinian rocket attack from the territory, an army statement said. “Israel Air Force aircraft targeted a Hamas terror site in the northern
Hamas wary over ‘emotional’ Abbas U.N. speech
Hamas was reserved Wednesday over Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s declaration to the UN General Assembly that his side could not remain the only one committed to peace agreements with Israel. “The speech was emotional, and will be judged by how
Abbas out of options, out of synch with angry Palestinians
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to drop a “bombshell” in a speech to the United Nations this week – prompting speculation that he will sever ties with Israel over its settlement expansion and other hard-line policies. The warning reflects
World Bank: Israel-Palestine conflict ‘high risk’
The World Bank warned of the “high risk” of renewed Israel-Palestinian conflict if the political and economic status quo between the two sides persists, in a report released on Tuesday. “The persistence of this situation could potentially lead to political
Hamas demands end to Egypt border crackdown
Gaza’s Hamas rulers are calling on Egypt to halt a project aimed at destroying the last remaining smuggling tunnels along the border. The project is being billed as an Egyptian military-operated fish farm that would effectively fill the border area
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