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
Abbas warns of risk of new Palestinian intifada
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas warned Tuesday of the “risk of an intifada” if clashes over the Al-Aqsa mosque compound continue, after a meeting with French leader Francois Hollande in Paris. “What is happening is very dangerous,” Abbas said, calling on
Israeli-Palestinian tensions run high in West Bank
A 21-year-old Palestinian died during an Israeli army operation in the southern West Bank before dawn on Tuesday in circumstances that were unclear. Palestinian security officials named him as Dia al-Talahmeh and said he was shot dead by Israeli troops.
Tight security in Jerusalem for Jewish, Muslim holidays
Israel said Monday thousands of police would be deployed in Jerusalem ahead of the Yom Kippur and Eid al-Adha holidays after three days of clashes rocked the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. Authorities also said 66 people had been arrested in Jerusalem
Palestinian officers disciplined after video of beating
The Palestinian security forces disciplined eight officers on Sunday after the clubbing of a teenage boy by security forces was caught on video. The security forces were preventing dozens of protesters from reaching an Israeli checkpoint near the West Bank
Hamas demands end to Egypt border crackdown
Gaza’s Hamas rulers are calling on Egypt to halt a project aimed at destroying the last remaining smuggling tunnels along the border. The project is being billed as an Egyptian military-operated fish farm that would effectively fill the border area
Israel arrests Palestinians after stone throwing
Israeli police arrested seven Palestinians, including five youths, on Saturday in another day of violence sparked by tensions over the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City. The arrests took place in the Palestinian neighborhood of Issawiya, on Jerusalem’s
Israeli aircraft strike Gaza after rocket fire
Israel carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday after Palestinian militants there fired rockets into southern Israel. The overnight air strikes targeted two training camps belonging to the Islamist group Hamas, causing no injuries, officials and witnesses
Salman seeks ‘urgent’ U.N. action on Al-Aqsa
An official source has said on Thursday that Saudi Arabia expressed complete disapproval and denounced Israel for its recent violations against the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which is considered to be Islam’s third holiest site. The source also added
Israel reinstates detention of hunger striker Allan
Israel has reinstated the detention without trial on Wednesday of Palestinian detainee Mohammed Allan, whose recent two-month hunger strike brought him near death and increased tensions in the occupied West Bank. “Mohammed Allan, whose condition has improved, was arrested this
U.N.: Aqsa clashes a threat beyond Jerusalem
The U.N.’s Mideast envoy warned on Tuesday that clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in and around Jerusalem’s holy sites have the potential to ignite violence well beyond the walls of its old city, pointing to “a vicious tide of terror
Saudi slams ‘false accusations’ over Syria refugees
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Monday chaired a cabinet session in which “false and misleading accusations” over the Kingdom’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis were addressed. Almost 2.5 million Syrians have been received by Saudi Arabia since the start
Clashes at Jerusalem holy site for third straight day
Israeli police clashed with Palestinian protesters on Tuesday in a third straight day of unrest at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site. Police entered the Al-Aqsa mosque compound early in the morning to disperse a group of protesters who had holed
New clashes break out at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound
Palestinians clashed with Israeli police at East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for a third straight day on Tuesday, AFP reported. Young demonstrators gathered around the mosque threw stones at police who had entered the compound in large numbers and
Arabs to ‘confront Israeli aggression’ on Al-Aqsa
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir has confirmed that movement will be made “at all levels to confront any act of aggression carried out by the Israeli occupation or the Israeli settlers against Al-Aqsa Mosque,” according to a statement released
U.N. likely to back raising Palestinian flag
The United Nations is expected on Thursday to allow the Palestinians to raise their flag at its headquarters in New York in a symbolic move highlighting Palestinian aspirations for statehood. The General Assembly will vote at 3:00 pm (1900 GMT)
Israeli police detain Palestinian Khader Adnan
Israeli police detained a Palestinian on Monday for questioning over his travel to Jerusalem, a police spokeswoman said, a day after he was freed from prison in a deal ending an almost two-month-long hunger strike. Khader Adnan of the Islamic
Palestinian hunger strike detainee ‘to be freed’
Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan ended a 56-day hunger strike on Sunday after Israel agreed to release him, his lawyer and the Palestinian Prisoners Club announced. Adnan, 37, has been in prison for a year under administrative detention, which allows imprisonment
Israel arrests several Druze after ‘lynching’ of Syrian
Israeli police said Wednesday they had carried out a wave of arrests of suspects involved in two attacks by Druze on military vehicles transporting wounded Syrians to hospital. Israeli media said nine Druze were arrested over the attacks Monday, when
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