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: Jerusalem
Netanyahu’s enlarged coalition set for approval
The latest version of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition was to be approved by the cabinet Monday after weathering its first storm, Netanyahu’s Likud party said. One of his coalition partners had threatened to block the planned expansion
Netanyahu vows to press hunt for Gaza tunnels
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday Israel will not be deterred in its bid to destroy Hamas’ tunnels after the worst flare-up of violence with Gaza’s rulers in two years. “Israel will continue to act as necessary to detect and
Palestinian siblings killed at checkpoint
Israeli police shot dead a Palestinian woman and her teenage brother on Wednesday, saying they were armed with knives and tried to carry out an attack at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank. In the last half year, Palestinian
Israel probes school visit by Palestinian attacker’s father
Israel’s prime minister has ordered an investigation after a Palestinian school in east Jerusalem invited the father of a Palestinian who killed civilians to speak to students. Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday asked Israel’s attorney general to look into whether the
Israel charges 7 over ‘price tag’ attacks on Palestinians
Israeli prosecutors on Monday charged seven young Jews in connection with a wave of so-called “price tag” attacks targeting Palestinians and Arab Israelis and their property, the justice ministry said. The seven, including a soldier and two minors, allegedly carried
Israeli fighters scramble to intercept undeclared Egyptian airliner
Israel scrambled fighter planes Saturday to intercept an unidentified passenger aircraft entering its airspace and escorted it to land at Tel Aviv, the Israeli military told AFP. Israeli media reported that the aircraft turned out to be an Air Sinai
Israel blocks off Gaza and West Bank for Passover
Israel has announced the closure of all points of entry between the occupied West Bank, the Gaza strip, and Israeli territory on Friday and Saturday for the Jewish holiday of Passover. Tensions are high in Israel following a wave of
Palestinian dies of wounds from Jerusalem bus bombing
A young Palestinian died of his wounds from a Jerusalem bus bombing this week, an Israeli hospital said Wednesday. The Palestinian health ministry named him as Abdel Hamid Abu Sorur, 19, from Aida refugee camp outside Bethlehem in the West
Jordan halts plan to install cameras at Jerusalem holy site
Jordan’s prime minister on Monday said his government has decided to call off a plan to install surveillance cameras at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, derailing a US-brokered pact to ease tensions at the volatile hilltop compound. The decision came
Israel disciplines 2 soldiers for burning Palestinian flag
The Israeli military says it has disciplined two soldiers after they set ablaze a Palestinian flag in the West Bank. Israeli media reported that the two soldiers were stopping cars near the West Bank city of Nablus and removed a
Israel signals no opposition to Egypt’s return of islands to Saudi Arabia
Israel signaled on Tuesday it did not oppose the return of two Red Sea islands in a strategic strait to Saudi Arabia by Egypt, with one senior lawmaker seeing a chance to get closer to Riyadh, with which Israel has
Israel clears colonel over Palestinian shooting death
An Israeli colonel has been cleared of any criminal charges after shooting dead a Palestinian teen who stoned his jeep in the West Bank last year, the military said Monday. A rights group that distributed a video showing the shooting
Netanyahu: waiting for a visit from Abbas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said he was waiting for a visit from Mahmud Abbas, after the Palestinian president said he had already proposed such a meeting. “A few days ago, on Israeli television, I heard president Abbas
Israel demolishes homes of three Palestinian attackers
Israel’s military says it has demolished the West Bank homes of three Palestinians who killed an Israeli security officer and seriously wounded another in Jerusalem in February. Israel completed the demolition early Monday. The three Palestinian men in their early
Autopsy ‘backs case against’ Israel soldier who shot Palestinian
An autopsy on a Palestinian assailant showed Sunday that he was killed by a bullet to the head, backing a manslaughter case against an Israeli soldier caught on video shooting him, a doctor said. The soldier shot Abdul Fatah al-Sharif
Israel minister who served jail time faces new crime probe
Israeli authorities are to conduct a criminal investigation into new corruption allegations against Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, an ultra-Orthodox party leader who has already served prison time for graft. “At the conclusion of a meeting held today by the attorney
Netanyahu to meet Putin in Moscow on April 21
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on April 21 to discuss security issues in the Middle East, an Israeli political source said on Tuesday. Israel and Russia have maintained a hotline to help
Israel minister who served jail time again probed for graft
Israeli authorities are investigating Interior Minister Aryeh Deri for alleged corruption, local media said Wednesday of the ultra-Orthodox party leader who has already served prison time for graft. Deri confirmed on his Twitter account that he was under investigation, saying
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