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
Iran’s threat to close Strait of Hormuz is ‘serious’ – senior official
:: Iran’s Political Affairs Spokesman for their Revolutionary Guards Corps, Lieutenant Commander Yidallah Javani, said the threatsby the Islamic Republic to close the Strait of Hormuz are “serious”. In an interview with Iranian Tasnim news agency, which is a media
Turkey: We are not bound by US sanctions on Iran
:: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday that his country has informed US officials that it opposes US sanctions against Iran and that they were not obliged to implement them. “We have told them we will not join
Trump to Iran: ‘Never ever threaten US again’
:: President Donald Trump on Sunday hit back at bellicose comments by Iran’s president, warning him of consequences “the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered,” as the US intensifies its campaign against the Islamic republic. “NEVER, EVER
Designated terrorist Hashem Safieddine says Hezbollah ‘will not leave Syria’
:: Hashem Safieddine, the head of Hezbollah’s executive council who was designated as a blacklisted terrorist by Saudi Arabia in 2017, said that his militias “will not leave southern Syria or Syria” while speaking at an honorary ceremony on Sunday.
Prince Khalid: Iran helped Qaeda kill thousands of Saudis, Americans
:: In a series of tweets both in English and Arabic, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States Prince Khalid bin Salman lambasted Iran’s provision of support to terrorist groups like al-Qaeda and said that Riyadh’s top priority has and
Khamenei rejects talks with US, praises Rouhani threat to close Hormuz Strait
:: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected on Saturday the idea of new negotiations with the United States, praising the latest comments by Iranian president Hassan Rouhani in which he threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz if new
Syrian sources confirm Iranians killed in ‘Israeli attack’ on Homs air base
:: The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday that a missile bombardment killed an unspecified number of “Iranian and pro-regime fighters” at the T-4 base near Syria’s central Homs province on April 9. Rami Abdel Rahman, head
Iran threatens to retaliate after Dutch expel two diplomats
:: Iran protested on Sunday against the Netherlands’ expulsion of two of its diplomats and threatened to retaliate for the “unfriendly and destructive move”. A spokesman for the Dutch intelligence service AIVD told AFP on Friday that two employees of
Rouhani says Iran will respect nuclear deal as long as its interests preserved
:: Iran will continue to respect its nuclear agreement with world powers as long as its interests are preserved, President Hassan said on Tuesday in a speech in Switzerland. The United States withdrew in May from the 2015 agreement, under
Report: Son of ISIS leader Baghdadi killed in Syria’s Homs
:: A son of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in the city of Homs in Syria, the group’s news channel reported on Tuesday. “Hudayfah al-Badri … the son of the Caliph … was killed in an operation
Revolutionary Guards commander accuses Israel of stealing Iran’s rain clouds
:: The Head of Iran’s Civil Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholam Ridha Jalali has accused Israel and another country he didn’t name of stealing the clouds of Iran which lead to climate change and drought in the country. On Monday,
Iranian President Rouhani leaves for Europe visit
:: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani left Monday for a visit to Europe billed as of “prime importance” after the US pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. Rouhani was headed for Switzerland and scheduled to
John Bolton on Syria: ‘Iran’s support for global terror’ is key concern for US
:: US national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on power is not a strategic issue for the United States, but Iran’s presence in the country is. In an interview with CBS’s Face
Iran’s Khamenei calls on securing ‘businesses’ amid economic protests
:: Iran’s supreme leader is urging the country’s judiciary to take measures to secure people’s “businesses and lives” amid economic protests that have struck the capital, Tehran. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said during a meeting with judiciary officials on Wednesday that
Iran accuses rights lawyer Nasrin Sotouded of state security offences
:: Award-winning Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh faces prosecution on state security charges following her arrest in the capital last week, her husband said on Saturday. Sotoudeh, 55, denies the charges but remains in the women’s wing of Tehran’s
Iran Revolutionary Guards: Our frontlines are in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon
:: Iranian officials occasionally boast about their meddling in the affairs of neighboring countries, but the most recent example of this was seen when the deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guard Corp, Brigadier General Hussein Salami, described the interference as
Saudi Arabia air defense intercepts Houthi missile targeting Jazan
:: Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces (RSADF) intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Iran-backed Houthi militia over the southern city of Jazan, said the spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition. Col. Turki Al-Maliki announced that at 12:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Saudi
Bolton: US sanctions ‘possible’ on European firms over Iran
:: White House National Security adviser John Bolton on Sunday said US sanctions on European companies that do business with Iran were possible, but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he remained hopeful Washington and its allies could strike a
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