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: Paris
France: measures taken against chemical attack
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Sunday that a chemical or biological attack “was among the risks” but that all possible precautions to avoid one had been taken, Agence France-Presse reported. He said French authorities were not ruling anything
Turkish police ‘detain suspected ISIS scout’ in Paris attacks
Turkish police have detained a Belgian man of Moroccan origin on suspicion that he scouted out the target sites for ISIS in attacks that killed 129 people in Paris a week ago, the Dogan news agency said on Saturday. Ahmet
France’s Hollande thanks Morocco for help after Paris attacks
President Francois Hollande on Friday thanked the King of Morocco for the “effective help” the north African state had given France after the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris that killed 130 people. Moroccan and French sources have told Reuters Rabat
Woman who died in Paris raid likely not wearing suicide belt
Investigators sorting through body parts from a flat raided by French police on Wednesday now believe Hasna Aitboulahcen, the woman who died there, was not the one wearing a suicide belt, a source close to the investigation said. Headlines flashed
French imams preach against violence at Friday prayers
Mosques across France held their weekly services on Friday in the shadow of last week’s Paris massacre by extremist militants, with sermons rejecting violence and asking how some radical French Muslims could support it. Before dawn, the government’s announced crackdown
Top suspect seen on CCTV in metro during Paris attacks
The top suspect behind the Paris attacks has been seen on CCTV footage recorded at a metro station while the massacre that killed 129 people was still under way, a police source said on Friday. Abdelhamid Abaaoud was killed in
Volkswagen scandal puts brakes on European car market
European car market growth slowed in October, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said as the Volkswagen emissions scandal took its toll on auto sales. Passenger car registrations were up by just 2.9 percent from October 2014 in the EU,
France hits back at Russia over Syria bombing campaign
France dismissed Russian suggestions on Friday its air strikes against oil installations in Syria were illegal, saying they were “an appropriate and necessary riposte” to attacks by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). President Francois Hollande will travel to
Pakistan director of Paris video ‘humbled’ by viral response
The Pakistani director behind a video response to the Paris attacks that has received millions of views is “humbled” by the response, he told AFP. “To Paris from Pakistan” featured five young Pakistani comedians vowing solidarity with France and refusing
France warns EU to ‘take responsibility’
Some of the suspects in the Paris attacks took advantage of Europe’s migrant crisis to “slip in” unnoticed, the French premier said on Thursday, warning the EU needed to “take responsibility” over border controls. Manuel Valls said the EU’s cherished
Home of female suicide bomber ‘who didn’t the read Quran’ raided
French police investigating the Paris attacks on Thursday raided the home of the mother of a woman believed to have blown herself up during a massive police operation this week. Two people died in Wednesday’s seven-hour police siege targeting a
French U.N. draft calls for ‘all necessary measures’ to fight ISIS
France urged the U.N. Security Council on Thursday to authorize countries to “take all necessary measures” to fight ISIS after the jihadists claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks. A draft resolution presented to the 15-member council called on U.N. member
Erdogan urges united Muslim front against terror
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday called for a united front by Muslim leaders to fight extremism after the Paris attacks, warning that otherwise jihadists will commit further atrocities. Erdogan warned that “calamities will happen again” if the rise
France: Paris attacks ‘mastermind’ dead
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Thursday hailed the death of Abdelhamid Abaaoud at the hands of security forces in a massive police raid in Paris. “We know that Abaaoud, the mastermind of these attacks — or one of the
Family of Paris attacker at Brussels solidarity vigil
Hundreds of Belgians joined a candlelight vigil in solidarity with the victims of the Paris attacks on Wednesday in Molenbeek, the troubled Brussels neighborhood that was home to two brothers involved in the attacks. Mohamed Abdeslam — whose brother Brahim
CIA chief blasts Snowden in wake of Paris attacks
CIA Director John Brennan on Wednesday blasted former analyst Edward Snowden, saying his intelligence leaks had undermined U.S. security. The comments from Brennan come at a time of growing debate following last week’s attacks in Paris about whether intelligence services
Syria army, rebels in talks over 15-day truce near capital
Syria’s army and rebels were locked in talks Wednesday night to reach a 15-day ceasefire in the Eastern Ghouta region east of the capital, a monitor and a security source told AFP. These are the first known talks aiming for
Paris Mosque urges Muslims to join ‘anti-terror’ protest Friday
The Great Mosque of Paris urged French Muslims on Tuesday to gather at the country’s most important mosque Friday to say “No to terror” and “We are all Paris!”. A statement called on “all Muslim citizens and their friends” to
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