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: Iran
Russia-Iran alliance is a contradiction in terms
By : Osama Al-Sharif :: At the end of the day it all boils down to perceptions, impressions and risk-taking. US President Donald Trump has raised the ante in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea and even Somalia. His foes, as
Why Syria is one thing and Assad is another
By : Hussein Shobokshi :: Why did the United States carry out airstrike against Syria? Firstly, the US did not strike Syria as proclaimed by the national media and the media that belongs to the terrorist group Hezbollah but it
Evacuation deal is Syria’s new moment of shame
By : Mashari Althaydi :: Saturday’s terrorist attack in Rashidin in Aleppo, which targeted residents who were being evacuated from the Syrian towns of Foua and Kefraya, shows the deep rift that exists in Syria today. Residents of Foua and
US says Iran complies with nuke deal, but orders review on lifting sanctions
The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was launching an inter-agency review of whether the lifting of sanctions against Iran was in the United States’ national security interests, while acknowledging that Tehran was complying with a deal to rein in
Mattis visits Saudi Arabia, promises to put an end to ‘Iranian’ Houthi rockets
US Secretary of Defense James Mattis announced on Tuesday that his country is pushing for UN-sponsored negotiations to put an end to the conflict in Yemen “as soon as possible.” Mattis was speaking to reporters on the plane that took
Shiite exiled cleric points to Iran’s strong interference in Bahrain
At a wake in Iran’s holy city of Qom in February, a small group of Bahraini emigres and clerics mourned a young man killed in a gun battle with Bahrain’s security forces. The eulogy was delivered by an exiled Bahraini
Why is Ahmadinejad coming back?
By : Dr. Majid Rafizadeh :: In 2015, when there was no expectation of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s comeback, or talk of his potential registration for Iran’s 2017 presidential elections, I wrote that he “can present a viable challenge to the incumbent
Iran boosts gas production from underwater field
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated five new phases of the South Pars gas field on Sunday, the result of some $20 billion in investment, local media reported. The ribbon-cutting of phases 17-21 pave the way for Iran to surpass the
Yemeni forces launch ‘Operation Naval Arrow’ to remove Houthi mines
Yemen’s legitimate forces launched an operation codenamed Naval Arrow on Sunday in an effort to remove naval mines which they say were planted by Houthi militias. The mines, which are believed to have been sourced from Iran and which are
Iranian official admits Tehran bid to supply missiles to Houthis
Iranian cleric Mehdi Taeb, who also heads the Ammar Strategic Foundation, admitted that Tehran supplies the Houthis in Yemen with weapons. In a video which activists circulated on social media, Taeb, who is close to the Supreme Guide Ali Khamenei,
Withdrawing Lebanese forces from Syria
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed :: Roles have ironically reversed in Syria with the conflict and the power of Damascus now coming under the watch of Lebanese militias. Seen in this perspective, we will consider that Hezbollah militias are Lebanese forces,
At least 25 dead, several missing in Iran flash floods
At least 25 people were killed and 16 declared missing as flash floods hit northwestern Iran, state media reported on Saturday. “Twenty-five people have been killed in the floods across four provinces,” the head of Iran’s emergency response organisation, Esmail
Iranian President Rouhani registers to run in May for second term
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, a pragmatist who engineered the country’s landmark 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, registered on Friday to run for a second four-year term in the May election, state television reported. “Once again, I am here for
Russia slams watchdog probe of alleged Syria chemical attack
Russia on Friday criticized the world’s chemical weapons watchdog for not sending experts to the site of an alleged chemical attack in Syria, backing up President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. “We consider it unacceptable to analyses events from a distance,” Foreign
Ebrahim Raisi: hard-line challenger in Iran
Ebrahim Raisi is a hard-line judge who spent years in powerful backroom positions before emerging as a leading challenger for Iran’s presidential election next month. Born into a religious family in the holy city of Mashhad on August 23, 1960,
How to end Iran’s occupation of Syria?
By : Dr. Majid Rafizadeh :: When it comes to the Syrian war, Iran is in the driver seat, not Syrian President Bashar Assad. For Tehran, Syria is a core pillar of its hegemonic strategy. Iran has penetrated every Syrian
Trump’s missile message to Assad: What next?
By : Amir Taheri :: What next? This was the question circulating in Western capitals hours after the US carried out a missile attack on Syria’s Shayrat air base, reportedly destroying nine bombers and damaging a further five. Some analysts
Yemen’s Houthis appoint new Mufti educated in Iran
Houthi militias have appointed Beraas Shams al-Din Muhammad Sharaf al-Din as a new Mufti to be the leading authority in issuing fatwas in Sanaa, a decision reflects a sectarian ideological orientation of the militia and could create sectarian division in
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