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
U.N. urges Lebanon to finally select a president
The United Nations Security Council is expressing concern and strongly encouraging leaders in Lebanon to show “urgency and flexibility” in choosing a president, as the country has been without a head of state since May. The current council president, Australian
Lebanon police foil ‘stuffed potato’ drug smuggling attempt
Using a number of potatoes cleared to enter a prison in Lebanon, a man attempted to hide a marijuana-like product in the starchy vegetable, Lebanese news website Naharnet reported. Authorities foiled the 22-year-old’s plan, in which he had squeezed hashish
Lebanese Parliament extends own term until 2017
Lebanon’s parliament extended its own mandate until 2017 on Wednesday, a move protesters camped outside and rights groups say denies citizens their democratic privileges. Lebanese politics has become deadlocked amid security concerns resulting from Syria’s civil war next door. Parties
Syria al-Qaeda chief threatens Lebanon over Hezbollah role
The head of Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, Al-Nusra Front, has threatened neighboring Lebanon in a new audio message warning that the “real battle” in the country has yet to begin. In the audio message distributed online on Tuesday night, Abu Mohamed
France, Lebanon sign Saudi-funded arms deal
France and Lebanon signed on Tuesday a Saudi-funded deal worth $3 billion to provide French weapons and military equipment to the Lebanese army to help it fight militants encroaching from neighbouring Syria, Reuters news agency reported. “I welcome the signature
Britain ends Libyan army training after sex assaults
Britain’s defence ministry said Tuesday it was cutting short a training programme for Libyan troops after reported sexual assaults allegedly involving five of the servicemen. Some 300 members of the troubled north African country’s armed forces have been based at
U.S. backs Lebanon army after Tripoli clashes
The United States Monday praised the courage of Lebanese soldiers caught in clashes with Islamist militants in the northern city of Tripoli, in which 11 troops were killed. Washington joined with Lebanon “as it mourns the loss of the soldiers
Lebanese army enters Tripoli militant refuge after thousands flee
Lebanese troops entered a Tripoli neighborhood Monday where thousands of civilians had fled deadly fighting with al-Qaeda-linked militants who have battled the army across the northern city for three days. The troops met no immediate resistance as they moved into
Kobani ground fighting toll passes 800
BEIRUT: More than 800 people have been killed in ground fighting for Kobani since Islamic State (IS) group militants attacked the Syrian Kurdish enclave on Sept. 16, a monitoring group said. The IS have lost 481 dead, while 313 Kurds
Fresh violence rocks Lebanon’s Tripoli
At least 16 people, including seven soldiers were reportedly wounded in a clash late Friday in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, in violence apparently linked to the death of a prominent Islamist militant. Agency France Press quoted a security
Lebanese army kills three men in raid: security sources
Lebanon’s army killed three men and arrested several others during a raid on an apartment containing weapons and ammunition where authorities suspected an attack was being planned, security sources said on Thursday. The sources said the apartment in the northern
IS wins ground from Assad govt in east
BEIRUT: Islamic State won territory from Syrian government forces in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor on Tuesday, its first gain there in about two months, a group that tracks the civil war reported. Fighters from both sides were killed
Lebanon pulled into war with ISIS
With all eyes on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group’s onslaught in Iraq and Syria, a less conspicuous but potentially just as explosive front line with the extremists is emerging in Lebanon, where Lebanese soldiers and Shiite Hezbollah
Lebanon sharply limits Syrian refugee entry
Lebanon has all but closed its borders to refugees fleeing Syria’s civil war, overwhelmed by an influx of more than 1 million people displaced by fighting, U.N. and Lebanese officials said Saturday. Quoted by Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar newspaper, Social Affairs Minister
Video: Lebanese soldier deserts, joins Syria’s Nusra Front
A video released by the Turkish Anadolu news agency Friday featured a second Lebanese soldier reportedly announcing his defection to join the Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda’s offshoot group in Syria. In the video, an armed Mohammad Antar accused Hezbollah of killing
Hezbollah claims border attack on Israeli patrol
Lebanon’s Shiite militia claimed responsibility Tuesday for an attack on the border with Israel that wounded Israeli soldiers and prompted retaliation from the Israeli military. The announcement was carried by the group’s affiliated television station, Al-Manar. A blast on Lebanon’s
Syria-linked militants release Lebanese soldier
Islamist militants have released a Lebanese soldier they seized last month from a town at the border with Syria where they have clashed with the Lebanese army, security sources and state media said on Wednesday. It was not immediately clear
ISIS ‘meets’ Qatari mission over Lebanon hostages
A Qatari delegation is engaged in mediation with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to end Lebanon’s most recent hostage crisis, the militant group has claimed, in what analysts and commentators said was part of Doha’s ambitious plans
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