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: MUAMMAR QADDAFI
Extremism, not Putin, is No. 1 problem, Sarkozy tells Riyadh forum
:: Nicolas Sarkozy, the former French president, said extremists were the biggest problem the world faced today, not President Putin of Russia who has been accused of meddling in elections in the US and some European countries. Speaking on the
Rival Libya govt seeks international recognition
:: The head of Libya’s rival government in the east has called on the international community to recognize his administration which he says controls most of the North African country. Libya, which plunged into chaos after the ouster and killing
Saif al-Islam Qaddafi freed, his lawyer says in audio recording
:: Khalid Al-Zaidi, the lawyer of late Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi’s son Seif al-Islam, confirmed reports that the latter was released from prison. Zaidi said Seif al-Islam was released in implementation of the general amnesty law issued by the elected
Kerry: No military intervention on the table for Libya
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that there would be no foreign military intervention in Libya and called for a diplomatic solution as violence flared in the capital Tripoli. “Our tools are diplomacy. We are not looking
Heavy toll weighs on Misrata after battle for Libya’s Sirte
Next to the rusting shell cases outside Misrata’s museum of Libya’s 2011 uprising is a new addition: a scaffold used by ISIS in Sirte to display bodies of executed prisoners, mounted on a would-be suicide bomber’s captured truck. Five years
US hits ISIS Libya positions as air war rages on
US military aircraft pounded ISIS positions in the extremists’ former Libyan stronghold of Sirte over the weekend, as the US air campaign entered its third month, the Pentagon said Monday. According to the US military’s Africa Command, US pilots conducted
Libya PM calls for national reconciliation
Libya’s prime minister called for a national reconciliation initiative to repair the divisions in a fragmented country reeling from the turbulence that has followed the fall of dictator Muammar Qaddafi. Fayez Seraj also told Reuters in an interview that the
US general: No ‘grand strategy’ in Libya
A US general said Tuesday that he did not know if the United States had a particular “grand strategy” in war-torn Libya, where pro-government forces are battling ISIS militants. Currently, the United States has only a limited footprint in Libya,
New Libyan government takes over foreign ministry
Libya’s new unity government on Monday took control of the foreign affairs ministry headquarters in Tripoli as it seeks to assert its authority over the violence-plagued country. Mohammad al-Amari, a minister of state in the Government of National Accord, signed
Libya’s future threatened by ‘terrifying’ ISIS: UN chief
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned that the future of Libya, and the stability of the whole Sahel region, is at stake as it faces the “terrifying threat” of ISIS. But he warned international powers not to “stoke the
Security forces raid ISIS hideout in Libya’s Sabratha
Security forces in the western Libyan city of Sabratha said they had killed seven suspected ISIS fighters in a raid on a militant hideout on Wednesday. Local brigades have been battling militants in Sabratha since they briefly overran the city
Lack of quorum scuppers Libya confidence vote
Libya’s internationally recognised parliament was unable to hold a vote of confidence in the U.N.-backed unity government Tuesday because it lacked a quorum, amid concerns over increasing militant expansion. “The required quorum (89 members of parliament) was not reached, so
U.S. vows to stop ISIS from building base in Libya
President Barack Obama has vowed not to let ISIS build a base in Libya, saying the United States would take action where there was a “clear target.” “We are working with our other coalition partners to make sure that, as
The autumn of the Arab patriarchs
By : Hisham Melhem Five years ago this month, a 26-year old Tunisian street vendor known only to his family and friends died after he set himself on fire. The self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, who snapped after another humiliating encounter
U.N. council condemns ‘heinous’ ISIS attack in Libya
The U.N. Security Council on Friday strongly condemned the “heinous” suicide bombing claimed by ISIS militants that killed dozens in Libya and called on rival groups to speed up the formation of a unity government. More than 50 people were
U.N. envoy urges Libya rivals to end bloodshed
The U.N.’s envoy for Libya held talks in Tripoli Friday, seeking to encourage the administration there to commit to a national unity government that would end years of bloodshed. Martin Kobler, on a desperate diplomatic push to get Libya’s two
U.N. Libya envoy push for national unity govt
The U.N. envoy for Libya arrived Thursday in the east of the restive country in a bid to persuade the internationally recognized administration to join a national unity government, state media reported. Martin Kolber visited Shahat, a town close to
Forgiveness is strength
By : Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong,” wrote one of the 20th century’s wisest men, Mahatma Gandhi. The British ruled his country India with an iron first and stripped
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