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: PEACE TALKS
America’s ‘retreat’ and Russia’s ‘expansion’
By : Eyad Abu Shakra The famous quote “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics” attributed to Benjamin Disraeli and Mark Twain among others may not sound true now as it used to in the past;
U.N. says it hopes to launch Syria peace talks on Jan. 25
The U.N. special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, hopes to convene talks between the government of President Bashar al-Assad and the opposition on Jan. 25 in Geneva, his office said Saturday. De Mistura has “intensified efforts” towards convening the
U.N. says Yemen talks to continue over next few days
The U.N. said on Thursday that talks in Yemen between the country’s warring sides would continue over the next few days, with the focus on achieving a ‘sustainable national cease-fire.’ In the same statement, U.N. special envoy for Yemen Ismail
Houthis name delegates to U.N.-brokered talks
Yemen’s Houthi militia has submitted names of their negotiating team to the United Nations for next week’s peace talks in Switzerland, their spokesman said Friday. Reports had circulated that Houthi militia leaders had been dragging their feet and refusing to
Yemen peace talks to convene this week
United Nations-backed peace talks aimed at ending eight months of civil war in Yemen between an Iranian-allied militia group and the embattled Saudi-backed government will convene on Dec. 15, Saudi-owned TV quoted Yemen’s foreign minister as saying. “Consultations on the
U.N. envoy in Yemen to press for peace talks
The United Nations envoy to Yemen met President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Saturday to discuss prospects for peace talks between his embattled Aden-based government and Houthi forces, a source close to Yemen’s president said. Forces loyal to Hadi backed by
Western powers urge Libya rivals to sign peace deal
The United States and five European allies on Tuesday called for rival Libyan groups to endorse a deal at U.N.-led negotiations to resolve the country’s ongoing crisis. Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United States urged the parties to
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
U.N. awaits Houthi confirmation on peace talks
Yemen’s Houthi rebels agreed on Friday to attend U.N.-brokered peace talks in Switzerland, as the war-torn country’s exiled government confirmed it too would attend. “We accepted the invitation of the United Nations to go to the negotiating table in Geneva
Ban Ki-moon orders Yemen peace talks delay
A conference aimed at restoring peace to conflict-torn Yemen has been postponed following a request from Yemen’s government and other parties for more time to prepare, the U.N. announced Tuesday. The peace talks had been scheduled to start Thursday in
U.N. peace talks on Yemen postponed
United Nations-brokered talks designed to return peace to war-torn Yemen have been postponed, a U.N. official told AFP on Sunday, just four days before they were due to begin in Geneva. “I can confirm that the meeting has been postponed,”
U.N. peace talks on Yemen to be held in Geneva on May 28
A U.N.-sponsored peace conference on Yemen will be held in Geneva Thursday May 28, according to Talal Al-Haj, Al Arabiya News Channel’s New York Bureau Chief, citing sources from the U.N. General Secretariat. The U.N. is yet to announce the
Yemen peace talks to announce binding decisions
The Yemeni embassy in Saudi Arabia held Saturday a press conference announcing a series of measures taken ahead of Yemen peace talks. During the conference, Abdul Aziz Jabari, the head of the committee preparing for the talks, said the dialogue
Syria’s main opposition group not attending Geneva talks
The main Syrian opposition group in exile says it’s not attending low-level consultations taking place in Geneva and hosted by the U.N. envoy to the war-torn country. Syrian National Coalition chief Khaled Khoja says President Bashar Assad‘s government is responsible
U.N. invites Syrian parties to peace talks in Geneva in May
United Nations Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura has invited Syria’s government and opposition groups for separate talks in Geneva next month in the latest bid to end the four-year-old civil war, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday. De Mistura, who
Libyan rival parliament suspends UN-sponsored peace talks
A parliament set up in Libya to rival the elected assembly has suspended U.N.-sponsored peace talks because of what it called fresh violence from the country’s recognised government, a spokesman said on Wednesday. Last week, the United Nations launched a
Libya army declares cease-fire after U.N. talks
Libya’s army announced a cease-fire Sunday, joining an Islamist-backed militia alliance in declaring a truce that the United Nations hailed as a “significant” step toward ending months of violence. “We declare a cease-fire from midnight [2200 GMT] Sunday,” the army
Syrian opposition shuns Russia peace talks
A Russian initiative to host peace talks this month between the Syrian government and its opponents appears to be unraveling as prominent Syrian opposition figures shun the prospective negotiations amid deep distrust of Moscow and concerns the talks hold no
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