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: GULF STATES
Saudi FM: Actions against Qatar in the interest of Doha itself and region
:: Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Wednesday that the decisions taken by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and a number of Arab and Islamic countries against Qatar were in the interest of Qatar itself and the region, affirming
Trump wants NATO-like force for the Middle East
:: A senior White House official told Al Arabiya News Channel’s correspondent in Washington on Thursday that US President Donald Trump wants to set up a NATO-style security organization in the Middle East. The official, who spoke with a small
Arab Interior Ministers condemn Hezbollah
Interior Ministers from several Arab countries condemned and deplored on Wednesday “the practices and dangerous acts by the terrorist group Hezbollah to destabilize security and peace in some Arab countries.” The statements came following the “Tunis Declaration” issued at the
How terrorism threatens the state
By : Turki Al-Dakhil There has been much analysis on the roots and repercussions of terrorism, and the means to tackle it. Terrorism poses the biggest threat to civil values and state entities. When the Islamic State of Iraq and
Is Facebook the answer to the expat workers’ dilemmas?
By : Yara al-Wazir Gulf states are home to over 2.4 million domestic workers, according to Human Rights Watch. Yet these migrant workers, often of Southeast Asian origin, at times experience little protection. There have been cases in which expat
Iran’s aggression demands a harsh response
By : Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor The gloves are off. Not content with boasting that it controls certain Arab capitals and using militias to destabilise others, the Islamic Republic of Iran has passed the point of no return by directly
We have a common dream: A happy Middle East
By : Jamal Khashoggi This article was co-authored by Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, an Emirati academic and professor of political sciences, and chairperson of the Arab Council for Social Sciences. Researchers, ambassadors, and maybe former members of intelligence services representing countries involved
Saudi Arabia forms anti-terror military alliance
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday formed a 34-state military coalition to combat terrorism, according to a joint statement published on state news agency SPA. Egypt, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are among the Arab countries in the alliance, together with
Gulf plans to roll out value-added tax in 3 years
Gulf states have agreed on key issues for implementing value-added tax in the region, an official from the United Arab Emirates finance ministry said on Monday. The agreement was reached at a meeting of representatives from Gulf ministries a few
Downing of the Russian jet will divide the region
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed How did the Syrian crisis evolve from a civil war to a Saudi-Iranian regional conflict and, now, to an international conflict between Russia and NATO? Turkey’s downing of the Russian warplane is a significant event that
The Iran deal is Iran’s nuclear bomb
By : Mohammed Alyahya There is a popular notion among Middle East analysts that had it not been for Hezbollah’s intervention in Syria in 2012, Bashar al-Assad would have been toppled, the ISIS phenomenon in its current form and strength
Gulf states urge world to do more to help refugees
Gulf monarchies Tuesday called on the international community to take greater responsibility in aiding Syrian refugees after the oil-flush states came under fire for not taking in enough people fleeing war. The foreign ministers of the six countries of the
EU seeks Mideast anti-terror coordination
The European Union will in the coming weeks seek to launch anti-terrorism projects with a number of Arab nations and Turkey following the deadly attacks in Paris, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Monday. “We are looking at
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