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: Obama
U.S. congress extends ban on Guantanamo prison closure
The U.S. Congress extended a ban Tuesday on the transfer of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay to the United States, in a bid to block any attempt by President Barack Obama to close the military prison. The Senate voted 91
Netanyahu stresses defence aid ahead of Obama meeting
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he planned to discuss defence aid with President Barack Obama as he left for his first meeting with the U.S. leader in over a year. Netanyahu is due to meet Obama on Monday
Knife, car attacks in west bank wound 5, attackers shot
A car-ramming attack and a stabbing wounded five Israelis in the West Bank on Sunday while the two alleged assailants were shot, authorities said, the latest in a weeks-long wave of violence. In the first incident, a Palestinian rammed a
Iran hardliners mark U.S. embassy raid with fresh warning
Thousands of Iranians rallied to celebrate the anniversary of the 1979 hostage-taking at the U.S. embassy on Wednesday, as hardliners cited Western “infiltration” following a landmark nuclear deal with world powers. President Hassan Rouhani, however, in remarks highlighting division between
Iran’s hardliners to Obama: Our house, our rules
By : Joyce Karam Following the nuclear deal with Iran last July, there was a sense of hope in Washington and Western capitals that the three-decades-old animosity between Tehran and the United States would dissipate, and that the moderate camp
U.S. officials: Israel wants up to $5 billion in annual military aid
Israel has made an initial request for its annual U.S. defense aid to increase to as much as $5 billion when its current aid package, worth an average $3 billion a year, expires in 2017, U.S. congressional sources said on
Gitmo: Where Obama failed
SHAKER Aamer, a British citizen of Arab origin, released on Friday can be taken as a symbol for everything that is wrong with Guantanamo, the US detention facility in Cuba. Aamer was never charged with any crime though he had
Troops in Syria ‘does not mean U.S. entering war’
The decision by U.S. President Barack Obama to send special forces to Syria is strictly focused on fighting ISIS and does not signify the United States is entering Syria’s civil war, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said. “President Obama
Obama to send ground troops to Syria
President Barack Obama has authorized the first sustained deployment of special forces to Syria, the White House said Friday, relenting on a long-standing refusal to put US boots on the ground. Obama okayed a deployment of “fewer than 50” special
Obama vetoes $612 bln defense bill citing Gitmo, ‘gimmicks’
U.S. President Barack Obama vetoed a $612 billion defense spending bill Thursday, saying it prevented the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison and wasted money on unwanted programs. Making a rare public show of rejecting a law, Obama said the text
Confronting Russia now is too late, too difficult
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed Recent American press reports are full of opinions stating that the current American administration’s way of dealing with the Syrian crisis has been wrong since the beginning. Most of these opinions believe that America’s absence brought
Russia-backed Syrian army makes advances in Hama
Russian war planes pounded Syrian rebels unaffiliated with Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Sunday, insurgents said, helping Moscow’s ally Bashar al-Assad reclaim territory and dealing a fresh setback to the strategy of Washington and its allies. The
Jeb Bush criticized for saying ‘stuff happens’ after shooting
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush unleashed a torrent of criticism Friday when he said “stuff happens” when asked about renewed calls for gun control legislation after America’s latest mass shooting. Speaking at a conservative forum in South Carolina, Bush said
Obama vows to not engage in Syria ‘proxy war’
U.S. President Barack Obama stressed Friday that Russia and the United States would not engage in a “proxy war” due to their different positions on the brutal Syrian civil war. “We’re going to continue to have tensions. And we’re going
Obama clings to U.S. policy on Syria
U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday clung to his foreign policy in Syria in spite of a more assertive Russia continuing with its raids in the warn-torn country for the third day. Obama, who was speaking in a press conference
Putin calls for fresh anti-ISIS coalition at U.N.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called for the formation of a “broader, general” coalition to fight Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Monday at the 70th United Nations General Assembly – his first address since a decade. “We can
Rowhani: Assad’s govt ‘cannot be weakened’
Iran’s President Hassan Rowhani said on Sunday fighting radical militants like ISIS in Syria is the top priority and if they are to be defeated then President Bashar al-Assad’s government “can’t be weakened.” “This does not mean that the Syrian
Rowhani says ready to discuss ‘plan of action’ for Syria
Iranian President Hassan Rowhani said in an interview Sunday that he is ready to discuss a “plan of action” for Syria’s post-war future after the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group is defeated. Iran, which along with Russia
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