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: MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
Egypt court gives 2 years prison to 12 over 2013 violence
An Egyptian court has sentenced 12 alleged supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group to two years in prison over violence in the city of Suez in December 2013. Six others were acquitted in the case Saturday, which involved street
U.S.-Egyptian released from Egypt jail
An Egyptian-American jailed in Egypt for nearly two years for involvement in the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood has been released and is headed for the United States, his family said on Saturday. Mohamed Soltan was among thousands detained after Islamist president
Bombs target courthouses in two Egyptian cities
Egyptian security officials say bombs have targeted courthouses in two cities, wounding two people in what could be retaliation for the sentencing to death of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi the day before. They say one bomb targeted the main
Influential cleric Qaradawi condemns Egypt death sentences
Senior Muslim cleric Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi has condemned death sentences passed on himself, former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and 105 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood group over a mass jail break in 2011. In a video statement posted on Qaradawi’s
Turkey, Hamas, rights group condemn Mursi death sentence
Turkey, the rights group Amnesty International, and Hamas have all criticized Egypt on Saturday for sentencing former President Mohammed Mursi to death. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that Egypt was returning to “old Egypt.” Erdogan also criticized western nations
Brotherhood leader dies in detention in Egypt: sources
An imprisoned leader of Egypt’s banned Muslim Brotherhood died on Wednesday, security sources said, with supporters claiming his death was caused by authorities’ failure to provide proper medical attention. Farid Ismail, 57, was a parliamentarian under president Mohamed Mursi, the
Egypt’s Mursi faces death penalty
An Egyptian court could sentence deposed president Mohamed Mursi to death Tuesday in the first verdict against the Islamist nearly two years after the army ousted him. The Cairo court will deliver its verdict on charges of inciting the killing
Egypt official says she burned books ‘corrupting’ children
An Egyptian education official under investigation for burning library books from a school suspected of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood defended her decision Wednesday, saying she herself is under fire for trying to weed out extremist ideas that “corrupt” children.
Egypt prosecutor names Brotherhood leaders as terrorists
Egypt’s top prosecutor on Sunday named 18 Muslim Brotherhood members, including the group’s leader and his deputy, as terrorists in the first implementation of an anti-terror law passed earlier this year. In a statement, chief prosecutor Hisham Barakat said the
Egypt sacks 41 pro-Mursi judges
An Egyptian disciplinary court forcibly retired 41 judges on Saturday for supporting ousted president Mohammad Mursi, a judicial source said, amid a crackdown against both Islamist and secular opposition. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the former army chief who overthrew Mursi
Egypt court brands Hamas a ‘terrorist’ group
An Egyptian court on Saturday branded the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas a “terrorist” organization, a judicial source said, after it was alleged to have links with jihadists behind deadly Sinai attacks. From Gaza City, Hamas reacted by condemning what it
Egypt state media says Mursi not to face fifth trial
Egypt’s former president Mohammad Mursi, deposed by the army in 2013, will not stand trial for incitement to murder over deadly protests that followed his ouster, state media reported Tuesday. Morsi will face no action as he was in military
Egypt court puts Mursi on trial over Qatar link
An Egyptian court put ousted Islamist president Mohammad Mursi on trial on Sunday on charges of endangering national security by leaking state secrets and sensitive documents to Qatar, furthering a state crackdown on his outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. Mursi, who was
Jordan sentences senior Brotherhood leader to 18 months
A Jordanian court Sunday sentenced a senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood to 18 months in prison for criticizing a decision by the United Arab Emirates to blacklist his organization. The state security court in Amman found Zaki Bani Rsheid,
U.S. slams mass sentencing of 230 Egyptians
The United States condemned life sentences meted out Wednesday to more than 200 Egyptian activists over the 2011 revolt against former president Hosni Mubarak. Egypt is a key ally of the U.S. in counter-terrorism operations in the Sinai, but Washington
Egypt sets new Mursi espionage trial on Feb. 15
Egypt’s ousted president Mohamed Morsi faces a new espionage trial on February 15 for allegedly leaking “classified documents” to Qatar and Al-Jazeera television, a judicial source said Monday. Morsi, ousted in July 2013 by the army, is already facing three
Egypt Brotherhood supporters face execution
An Egyptian court sentenced on Monday more than 180 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, designated a terrorist organization by Egypt, on charges of killing police officers. Thirty four of the accused were sentenced in absentia, Reuters news agency reported. The
Sisi: Egypt faces tough battle with militants
Egypt faces a long, difficult battle against militancy, said President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday, days after one of the bloodiest attacks on security forces in years. “This battle will be difficult, strong, evil and will take a long time,”
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