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
Palestinians shot dead for ‘stabbing’ Israeli soldier
Two Palestinians were shot dead after allegedly stabbing and wounding an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. Religious and political tensions over a Jerusalem site sacred to both Muslims and Jews have fueled the worst wave of
Zionist PM considers revoking benefits for some Palestinians
Hawkish Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has raised the possibility of revoking benefits and travel rights of some Palestinians living in East Jerusalem, a government official said on Monday, in response to a wave of violence. Such a move did not
Abbas asks EU to help calm surging violence
The European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini met Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas late on Monday to discuss “concrete steps” to calm the surge of violence between Israelis and Palestinians. “We have a meeting tonight to discuss the ways EU
Israel arrests more than 1,000 Palestinians this month
Israel has arrested more than 1,000 Palestinians and Arab Israelis since the October 1 surge in violence, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said Sunday. Most of them were young men and women, the Ramallah-based aid group said. The most arrests –
Netanyahu: Al-Aqsa surveillance cameras in ‘Israel’s interest’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that an agreement to put 24-hour security cameras around Jerusalem’s sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound was in Israel’s interest. In remarks relayed by his office Netanyahu said the cameras would serve “firstly, to refute
Female Palestinian shot trying to stab Israeli border police
A Palestinian woman was shot and wounded by border police in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Sunday after attempting to stab officers there, police said. “A Palestinian woman acting suspiciously approached border police forces. She was requested
Kerry lays out steps to ease Israeli-Palestinian strife
The United States on Saturday proposed steps, including 24-hour video surveillance, to end weeks of violence over a Jerusalem site holy to Muslims and Jews. Speaking in Amman after meeting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan’s King Abdullah, U.S. Secretary
Israeli man shot dead after being mistaken for attacker
A Jewish Israeli man was shot and killed in a scuffle with Israeli soldiers who suspected he was a Palestinian attacker, police said Thursday, in a reflection of the jittery mood that has gripped Israelis amid a spate of near-daily
Abbas calls on Israel to strictly respect Al-Aqsa rules
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas called on Israel on Wednesday to strictly respect rules governing Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, as he met the UN chief on a mission to calm three weeks of unrest. “The continued occupation and aggression against
U.N. Security Council to meet on Mideast violence
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will brief the Security Council on Wednesday on his trip to the Middle East where he is seeking to defuse weeks of violence, diplomats said. Ban made the request to urgently speak to council members by
Kerry calls for clarity on Aqsa to help end violence
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday Israeli and Palestinian leaders need to clarify the status of Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound to help end a spate of bloodshed and restore stability. Kerry, preparing for meetings with Israeli Prime
Several wounded in attack on Israel bus station
Two attackers, thought to be Palestinians, stabbed and opened fire on bystanders at the central bus station in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on Sunday, injuring at least seven people, Al Arabiya’s correspondent reported. A person has died after
Israel erects wall in east Jerusalem hotspot
Israeli police on Sunday began erecting a wall in east Jerusalem to protect a Jewish neighborhood subject to firebomb and stone attacks launched from an adjacent Palestinian village. The wall would effectively divide Palestinian Jabel Mukaber and Jewish Armon Hanatziv,
Israeli soldiers and settler kill two Palestinians
Israeli soldiers and a settler shot dead two Palestinians who tried to stab Jews in separate incidents in annexed east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the army and police said. In the first attack at just before
New measures to crush Palestinian resistance
Israel on Wednesday announced further drastic measures to crush Palestinian resistance, easing firearms laws for Israelis and stripping some east Jerusalem residents of their residency permits. Hours after police set up checkpoints in Palestinian neighborhoods of annexed east Jerusalem, Interior
Israel authorizes sealing off parts of Jerusalem
Israel’s security cabinet has authorized police to seal off Arab sectors of Occupied East Jerusalem, according to a statement from the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released early on Wednesday. “The security cabinet decided several measures to combat terrorism,
Car, knife attack kills one central Jerusalem
One person was killed and four wounded after a driver rammed into a central Jerusalem bus stop Tuesday before attacking people at the scene with a knife, police told Agence France-Presse. A wave of knife attacks have targeted Israelis since
New stabbing in East Jerusalem, 1 attacker killed: police
Two “terrorists” stabbed two Israelis in the east Jerusalem settlement of Pisgat Zeev Monday, the day’s third such attack in the city, police said, adding that one attacker was killed and the other shot. “The victims were Jewish minors, one
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