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: PALESTINE
Zionist landgrabbers savage UK activist, burn Palestinian land
Israeli settlers Wednesday set fire to large swathes of Palestinian-owned agricultural land near the village of Burin, to the south of Nablus in the West Bank, and injured an international activist while hurling stones at them, according to local sources.
U.N. to hold urgent meeting on Jerusalem unrest
The U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss an upsurge of violence between Israelis and Palestinians, diplomats said. The urgent talks were requested by council member Jordan following a meeting on Thursday of Arab ambassadors
Israel deploys troops amid continuing unrest
Hundreds of soldiers have been deployed in cities across Israel on Wednesday and authorities erected concrete barriers outside some Arab neighborhoods of occupied East Jerusalem in stepped up efforts to counter a weeks of unrest. Israeli police said 300 soldiers
U.S. labels attacks on Israeli civilians as acts of ‘terrorism’
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry strongly condemned what he called “terrorist attacks” against Israeli civilians and urged both Israelis and Palestinians to stop the violence. “The United States condemns in the strongest terms possible the terrorist attacks against Israeli
U.N. chief wants review of Israeli use of force
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Israel on Tuesday to carry out a “serious review” on whether its security forces are resorting to excessive force in clashes with Palestinians. Ban finds “the apparent excessive use of force by Israeli security forces”
Footage shows badly wounded Palestinian being verbally abused
A video puporting to show a Palestinian boy suffering from gunshot wounds surrounded by Jewish settlers and Israeli police while receiving a barrage of verbal abuse has gone viral overnight, after weeks of violence gripped the occupied Jerusalem and the
Car, knife attack kills one central Jerusalem
One person was killed and four wounded after a driver rammed into a central Jerusalem bus stop Tuesday before attacking people at the scene with a knife, police told Agence France-Presse. A wave of knife attacks have targeted Israelis since
Palestinian killed after attack on Israeli police
A Palestinian man was shot dead after he allegedly stabbed an Israeli policeman at an entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday, Israeli police said. The incident is the latest in a wave of knife attacks. The police officer’s protective
Zionist aggression slays pregnant woman, baby
An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed a pregnant Palestinian woman and her toddler, drawing a warning Sunday from Hamas, as unrest spun further toward a full-scale uprising. After days of unrest in the West Bank and Israel, Gaza has been
France says Mideast escalation ‘extremely dangerous’
France said Sunday the escalation in violence in the Palestinian territories and Jerusalem was “extremely worrying and dangerous”. The office of President Francois Hollande said “everything must be done to calm the situation and end this cycle (of violence) which
Israeli strike kills Palestinian mother and toddler
A pregnant Palestinian mother and her toddler daughter were killed when an Israeli air strike demolished their home in the northern Gaza Strip, medical sources said early Sunday. The fatalities were identified as Nur Hassan, 30, and her daughter Rahaf
Jordan parliament accuses Israel of ‘state terrorism’
The Jordanian parliament Saturday accused Israel of “state terrorism” against the Palestinian people after its forces shot dead seven Palestinians and wounded more than 140 others in Gaza. “The Israeli enemy, sapping the rights of the Palestinians on their own
Palestinian shot by Israeli police dies in occupied East Jerusalem
A Palestinian seriously wounded during clashes with Israeli border police in occupied East Jerusalem died of his wounds on Saturday, Israeli police and Palestinian medical sources said. Police said he was shot after allegedly opening fire at border police late
Israeli-Palestinian violence reaches Gaza
Israeli troops shot dead six Palestinians in protests in Gaza and a knife-wielding Jewish man wounded four Arabs in southern Israel on Friday in a wave of violence that has fuelled talk of a new uprising, or intifada. The soldiers
Six killed in Gaza as Israeli-Palestinian violence widens
Israeli troops shot dead six Palestinians in protests in Gaza on Friday and a knife-wielding Jewish man wounded four Arabs in southern Israel in a wave of violence that has fueled talk of a new uprising against Israeli occupation. The
Jewish suspect stabs four Arabs in southern Israel
Four Arabs were stabbed in a town in southern Israel on Friday and a Jewish suspect was arrested, police said. The attacks follow a surge in knife violence by Palestinians against Israelis. The stabbings took place in the town of
Three new stabbing attacks hit Israel, West Bank
Three new stabbings wounded Israelis on Thursday and one of the assailants was shot dead as a spate of such attacks spread fear and defied attempts by authorities to contain Palestinian unrest. There have been at least eight stabbing attacks
Israeli politicians ‘barred from Aqsa compound’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered police to bar ministers and lawmakers from visiting the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Occupied Jerusalem, the Haaretz daily reported on Wednesday. Clashes have rocked the compound in recent weeks amid a spike in
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