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: Qatar
Twenty Indians killed in Yemen as more foreign troops reported arriving
A Saudi-led alliance killed at least 20 Indian nationals in air strikes on fuel smugglers at a Yemeni port on Tuesday, fishermen said, and more foreign troops were reported to be arriving to intensify the campaign against Houthi forces. The
Egypt’s Mursi seen in ‘execution’ uniform
Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Mursi appeared Sunday in a red uniform, becoming the country’s first leader to appear in an attire of a prisoner sentenced to death. Earlier this month, Mursi, who was being retried for allegedly leaking classified documents
Iran, Qatar seek improved relations despite differences
Iran and Qatar should “get over their differences” and boost relations to ensure regional stability, Qatar’s emir has told Iran’s president as the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan gets underway. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and President Hassan
Anti-Doha ‘hateful’ campaign denounced
Foreign ministers from the Gulf states on Thursday hit out at the “hateful campaign” directed against Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 World Cup. In a strong statement following a GCC meeting in Riyadh, Qatar’s neighbors affirmed their full support for
‘Terror’ claims: Qatar sues French politician
Qatar is suing a right-wing French politician for defaming the country “and all its citizens” after he linked the country to “terrorism” following the deadly Charlie Hebdo attack. In an apparently rare legal action of a state suing an individual,
Qatar to open embassy in Baghdad as Iraq’s ties with Gulf improve
Qatar will open an embassy in Baghdad, Iraq’s foreign minister said on Friday, in the latest sign of improving relations between Gulf Arab countries and Iraq. Tensions between the Sunni Muslim-ruled states of the Gulf and Iraq, which has a
Qatar pledges $50 mln to Indonesia for hosting migrants
Gas-rich Qatar pledged $50 million on Thursday to help Indonesia shelter Muslim Rohingya migrants from Myanmar, the official QNA news agency reported. Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have all prevented vessels overloaded with starving migrants from Bangladesh and from Myanmar’s ethnic
Influential cleric Qaradawi condemns Egypt death sentences
Senior Muslim cleric Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi has condemned death sentences passed on himself, former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and 105 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood group over a mass jail break in 2011. In a video statement posted on Qaradawi’s
Qataris elect two women for first time
Qataris have for the first time voted two women in to the Gulf emirate’s only directly elected body, the Central Municipal Council, officials announced on Thursday. Sheikha Jufairi and Fatma Al-Kuwari both won seats in Wednesday’s election to the 29-member
Qatari emir meets with John McCain ahead of Camp David
The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, met Tuesday with U.S. Senator John McCain, ahead of a summit with other Gulf leaders, the Saudi Press Agency reported. During the meeting, the two men discussed bilateral relations and
Iran’s Rowhani denounces boasting over arms deals
Iran’s president denounced western countries for taking pride in arms sales Tuesday, after France signed a warplanes deal with Qatar, saying weapons agreements add to Middle East instability. Although he did not name France, Hassan Rowhani’s comments came after it
Hollande: France, GCC working on Mideast security
French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday that his country and the GCC states are working towards ensuring security in the Middle East. Hollande, who spoke to reporter in Riyadh after attending a GCC summit on the current situation in the
Qatar hopes to end ‘kafala’ system in 2015: minister
Qatar’s labour minister said Monday he hopes the country’s controversial “kafala” system, which critics have likened to modern-day slavery, will be abolished before the end of this year. Dr Abdullah bin Saleh al-Khulaifi, the minister of labour and social affairs,
France’s Hollande in Qatar for warplane deal
Qatar signed a multi-billion-euro deal with French defense group Dassault on Monday to buy 24 Rafale fighter jets, in a ceremony attended by the leaders of both countries in Doha. The contract was signed by Dassault CEO Eric Trappier and
Riyadh venue for Yemen talks won’t be changed: GCC
The Gulf Cooperation Council insisted Thursday that talks on ending Yemen’s conflict be brokered by the regional body and held in Riyadh, rather than a neutral venue as sought by Iran. Tehran wants the UN talks between Yemen’s political factions
France poised to ink 36-fighter-jet deal with Qatar
French group Dassault Aviation is poised to sign a multi-billion-euro deal with Qatar for 36 of its Rafale fighter jets, sources close to the negotiations said Thursday, the third foreign order this year. Having struggled for years to sell any
King Salman meets senior GCC officials
Saudi King Salman met on Saturday several senior Gulf Arab officials, including the crown princes of Bahrain and Abu Dhabi as well as the prime minster of Qatar and Kuwait’s deputy premier, the Saudi Press Agency reported. According to the
Qatar says it will begin rebuilding 1,000 homes in Gaza
A Qatari official visiting a Gaza neighborhood heavily bombed in last summer’s war with Israel said on Tuesday the Gulf Arab state had begun a project to rebuild 1,000 homes as part of a $1 billion aid pledge. Mohammad al-Amadi,
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