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
Israel cancels Jerusalem entry permits for 500 Gazans after rocket
Israel said Wednesday it was revoking permits for 500 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to enter Jerusalem ahead of Friday prayers because of rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave. A spokeswoman for COGAT, the defense ministry unit which coordinates with
Palestinians seize former premier’s funds: Office
The Palestinian Authority has seized the funds of an NGO headed by ex-prime minister and former IMF and World Bank official Salam Fayyad, his office said on Tuesday. Fayyad’s office did not specify the amount seized from his non-profit Future
France’s Fabius heads to Mideast to sell peace initiative
France’s foreign minister heads to the Middle East this weekend with an initiative aimed at bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to peace talks under an international framework amid growing regional instability. U.S.-led efforts to broker peace for a two-state
Palestinians to submit first file to ICC next week
The Palestinians will next week submit their first file to the International Criminal Court in their bid to open criminal proceedings against Israel, an official said on Thursday. The move is part of an increased focus on diplomatic manoeuvring and
Palestinians reject findings of Israel Gaza report
The Palestinians on Sunday rejected Israel’s claims that it did not target civilians in the 2014 Gaza war in which nearly 2,200 people were killed, most of them civilians. “Israel’s decision to deny having targeted civilians in Gaza is the
Israel frees Palestinian speaker after year behind bars
Israel released Tuesday the speaker of the Palestinian parliament, an AFP reporter said, after almost a year in prison following an army crackdown over the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers. Aziz Dweik, speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, was arrested
Israeli army strikes Gaza Strip after rocket attack
The Israeli military says it carried out an airstrike in the Gaza Strip in response to the latest rocket attack toward southern Israel, according to the Associated Press. There were reported casualties in Sunday morning’s strike which comes on the
Palestinians fire rocket at southern Israel: Army
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket at southern Israel Saturday night, the army said, the third such attack in 10 days. “Gaza terrorists fired a rocket at southern Israel. No injuries reported,” military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner
First female Arab Israeli lawmaker to head Knesset committee
Israel’s Knesset elected on Thursday an Arab Israeli lawmaker to chair a committee, for the first time in its history, Israeli paper Haaretz reported on Thursday. Aida Touma-Suleiman, 50, was elected by a unanimous vote to head the Committee on
Egypt allows Gazans to return home through border crossing
Egypt has opened its border with the Gaza Strip to allow stranded Palestinians to return home. Tuesday’s opening was the first time the Rafah border crossing has operated since March. The director of the Hamas-controlled side of the crossing, Maher
Jail term extended for girl’s killer kin
The uncle of a Palestinian girl beaten to death by his wife in April 2014 had his sentence extended on Wednesday from six years to 14 years, Aftonbladet newspaper reported. Yara Al-Najjar, an eight-year-old girl seeking refuge from Gaza in
HRW denounces Israel expulsion of bedouins, Palestinians
A rights group on Tuesday condemned Israeli court decisions paving the way for the eviction of Bedouins and Palestinians from their villages, calling on the state to let them stay put. The Supreme Court approved earlier this month the removal
Fifty wounded in blast at Gaza training camp
At least 50 Palestinians were wounded in a blast that occurred Thursday inside a militant training camp in Gaza, Hamas officials, medics and witnesses said. “An explosion happened inside a post of the resistance in Beit Lahya,” said interior ministry
French judges end enquiry into Arafat’s 2004 death
French judges re-examining the evidence surrounding the 2004 death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat have concluded their investigations, the prosecutors office in the Paris suburb of Nanterre said Tuesday. “The judges have closed their dossier and it was sent to
Palestinian officials in Syria over Yarmouk camp
Palestinian officials visited Syria for the second time in less than a month on Tuesday to discuss efforts to protect the Yarmouk refugee camp and its residents from the conflict. A delegation led by Palestine Liberation Organization official Zakaria al-Agha
Hamas launches crackdown on Salafist groups in Gaza Strip
The ruling Hamas militant group launched a crackdown Tuesday on radical Salafi groups following a series of unclaimed bombings in the Gaza Strip, arresting dozens of people and setting up military-type checkpoints. Hamas, an Islamic militant group that has ruled
Danish bus ads on Israeli settlements brought to a halt
A Danish group on Monday vowed to expand an advertising campaign urging people to boycott products from Israeli settlements after the ads were dropped from Copenhagen buses. “It’s a clear attempt to deny us our freedom of speech,” Fathi El-Abed,
Jimmy Carter to meet Abbas in West Bank visit
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter is to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank on Saturday. Carter will then address a news conference in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, according to Agence France-Presse. The former president was scheduled to arrive
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