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: Lebanon
Hezbollah, Syria army launch offensive at border with Lebanon
:: The Lebanese group Hezbollah and the Syrian army launched an offensive on Friday to clear militants from an area of the Syrian-Lebanese frontier, a commander in the military alliance fighting in support of President Bashar al-Assad told Reuters. The
US accuses Lebanon’s Hezbollah of weapons buildup
:: US Ambassador Nikki Haley on Wednesday accused Lebanon’s Hezbollah of amassing weapons and said the world must turn its attention to the actions of the powerful paramilitary organization. Haley met with UN envoy for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag ahead of
Hariri: Lebanon’s army to carry out operation near Syrian border
:: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Tuesday the army would carry out an operation in an area of the border with Syria that has been a base of operations for militants including extremist groups. Speaking in parliament, Hariri
Have they ever read the history of the Muslim Brotherhood?
By : Mshari Al Thaydi :: One of the most noticeable and strange observations when you have a conversation with someone defending the Muslim Brotherhood is that they are terribly ignorant regarding the history, the people and actions of the
Reminders of the July war
By : Diana Moukalled :: Eleven years after Israel’s July war against Lebanon, there is talk of a new war between Israel and Hezbollah. Israel is worried about the Iraqi-Iranian axis backed by Russia. Hezbollah, despite all its threats, knows
Cautious calm surrounds the construction of a wall in northern Israel
:: Those who patrol the Israeli border with Lebanon will notice a section made of a concrete wall, seven meters high, on the border of the Lebanese village of Kafarkala, opposite the Israeli settlement of Masjab. The settlement is located
French report: Hezbollah building weapons factories in Lebanon
:: Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist group is constructing at least two underground facilities in Lebanon for manufacturing missiles and other weaponry, a report by French Intelligence Online magazine has revealed. Intelligence Online quoted sources saying that the first factory is being
Bodies of Syrian detainees in Arsal show signs of torture
:: The Lebanese army announced the death of a number of detainees after one week of security operations carried out by its units in the Syrian refugee camps of Arsal on the Syrian-Lebanese border. Lebanese Minister of Human Rights called
Lebanese security forces bust ISIS cell fronting as a fake football team
:: Lebanon’s security force arrested an ISIS cell fronting as a fake football team on Wednesday, as well as three Syrian members of the terrorist group in Beirut, Lebanon’s The Daily Star reported. The three members’ were forming a network
Lebanese interior minister: Our army is not targeting Syrian refugees
:: Lebanese Interior Minister Nuhad al-Mashnouk said in an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya’s sister channel Al Hadath that he was “keen on the dignity and security of Syrian refugees,” stressing that the Lebanese army is not targeting Syrian refugees.
Lebanese army raids on refugee camps kill four Syrians
:: Four Syrian men arrested after deadly Lebanese army raids on refugee camps last week have died, the military command said on Tuesday, blaming pre-existing conditions. Lebanese soldiers stormed two refugee camps on Friday near the border town of Arsal,
Fire rages in Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon, 1 dead
:: A fire broke out in a Syrian refugee settlement in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley Sunday, killing at least one person and sending large plumes of black smoke into the sky, the state news agency and the Red Cross said. Ahmed
Lebanese military rejects claims of abuse of Syrians
:: Lebanon’s military on Saturday dismissed allegations of abuse against hundreds of Syrian detainees caught up in a security sweep in a refugee settlement, saying the mass detentions were needed to combat terrorism. The official said the detention of 355
Five militants blow themselves up killing child in Lebanon
:: A child was killed and seven Lebanese soldiers wounded on Friday when five militants blew themselves up and a sixth threw a grenade during raids on two refugee camps near the Syrian border, the army said. The civil war,
Report: Israel set to start building border wall with Lebanon
:: The Israeli Defense Forces are set to start construction on a security fence along the Lebanese-Israeli border on July, according Israel National News. Among the reasons for constructing a wall is to slow down Hezbollah militants entering Israel. The
Syrian held for sex trafficking in Lebanon released on bail
:: A Syrian national accused of operating one of the largest sex trafficking rings in Lebanon has been released on bail, a judicial source told AFP on Friday. “The Mount Lebanon Criminal Court, headed by Judge Faisal Haidar, decided to
Israel would go ‘all-out’ if war breaks out again with Lebanon
:: Israel would use all its strength from the start in any new war with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, the chief of the Israeli air force said on Wednesday, sending a firm warning a decade after their last conflict.
Ghassan Salame replaces UN Secretary General’s special envoy for Libya
:: Former Lebanese culture minister Ghassan Salame replaced UN Secretary General’s special envoy for Libya Martin Kobler. Salame is expected to officially take up the post at the end of this month at the expiry of Kobler’s term which lasted
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