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: Israel
Israel’s expanding West Bank settlement bloc condemned
The U.S. State Department on Friday condemned Israel’s decision to expand the boundary of an existing West Bank settlement bloc, saying it hinders attempts to reach a peace agreement with the Palestinians. Israel’s defense ministry in late December added a
ISIS carried out Cairo hotel attack in response to calls targeting Jews
ISIS said on Friday its members carried out an armed attack on Israeli tourists in Cairo in response to a call by the group’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to target Jews “everywhere”. The group said in a statement released online
Israel police says Tel Aviv gunman killed in police shootout
An Arab gunman who killed three Israelis in a Tel Aviv bar last week was killed on Friday in a shootout with police, following a massive manhunt that put Israelis on edge while the killer was on the loose. Police
Israel arrests six Hamas ‘terror cell’ members
Israeli security forces have arrested six members of the Islamist Palestinian movement Hamas for allegedly planning to “kidnap and murder an Israeli” citizen, officials said on Thursday. The Shin Bet internal security agency, which announced the arrests, said the cell’s
Four Palestinians shot dead attempting to stab Israeli soldiers
Four Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces Thursday after trying to stab them in two incidents in the southern West Bank, the army said. “Three attackers, armed with knives, attempted to stab soldiers guarding the Gush Etzion junction,” a
ISIS-linked group attacks Sinai pipeline to Jordan
The Egyptian branch of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group on Thursday said it had bombed a pipeline that carries gas to Jordan and to a major industrial zone in north Sinai. Security sources confirmed that attackers
Corruption, crony capitalism at heart of Israeli politics
By : Yossi Mekelberg Last week was another sad one for the notions of good governance and transparency in Israeli politics, highlighting corruption at the heart of government. First came the conviction of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who was
Four Palestinians killed after stabbing attempt
Three Palestinians who attempted to stab Israeli soldiers at a junction in the southern West Bank on Thursday were shot dead, the army said adding later that a fourth Palestinian was shot. A fourth Palestinian was shot and killed in
Israel arrests six Hamas ‘terror cell’ members
Israeli security forces have arrested six members of the Islamist Palestinian movement Hamas for allegedly planning to “kidnap and murder an Israeli” citizen, officials said on Thursday. The Shin Bet internal security agency, which announced the arrests, said the cell’s
Exposing Israel’s treatment of Palestinian child detainees
By : Chris Doyle How any state treats children is surely one of the great litmus tests of its moral standing. Sadly, far too many fail them, leaving lifelong scars. The children of the Middle East are collectively being failed
Israel returns bodies of slain Palestinians
Israel has returned the bodies of three Palestinians killed carrying out attacks, their families said Tuesday, in the first such handover in east Jerusalem in three months of violence. Ishak Badran and Ahmed Quneibi, both from Kafr Aqeb in east
Hezbollah targets Israeli border patrol with IED
Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement said it had targeted an Israeli army border patrol with a bomb on Monday in an attack that prompted retaliatory fire from the Jewish state. The attack appeared to be revenge for an Israeli air strike in
U.N. says monitor on Palestinian territories quits over lack of access
The United Nations expert on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories resigned Monday, complaining that Israel had never granted him access to the areas he is meant to monitor. “The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation
Two Israeli soldiers wounded in West Bank shootings
Two Israeli soldiers, one a woman, were wounded on Sunday in separate shootings in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron, the army said. The young woman was seriously wounded when a gunman opened fire on her, and she was
Zionist thugs charged with arson attack on Palestinian family
A court charged two Israelis on Sunday over a firebombing last year that killed a Palestinian couple and their toddler, in an attack that sparked condemnation globally. The charges are the first step in a legal case whose slow progress
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 charges two Jews over lethal arson of Palestinian home
Israeli prosecutors filed murder charges on Sunday against two Jewish citizens for a July 31 arson attack in the occupied West Bank that killed three members of a Palestinian family, Israel Radio said. It said one adult defendant was indicted
Netanyahu vows crackdown on ‘Arab crime’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced Saturday the murder of two people in Tel Aviv by a shooter suspected of being an Arab Israeli, pledging a crackdown on crime in that community. A man police identified as Nashaat Melhem opened
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