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: REFUGEES
Lebanese Army issues eviction orders to 10,000 Syrian refugees
The Lebanese army issued eviction orders to over 10,000 Syrian refugees on Friday, claiming that the camps are near an air force base in the Bekaa valley. “The army has issued eviction notices to more than 10,000 refugees in the
PM Hariri: Lebanon at ‘breaking point’ due to refugees
Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said Lebanon was close to “breaking point” due to the strains of hosting 1.5 million Syrian refugees, and he feared unrest could spiral from tensions between them and Lebanese communities. Refugees who fled the six-year-long conflict
Iran and Turkey at odds over refugee crisis
By : Sinem Cengiz Exactly 38 years ago — on April 1, 1979 — Iran officially became an Islamic republic. The change of the system in the country — which marked the creation of the world’s first Islamic Republic —
Desperate Syrian asylum seeker self-immolates in Greece
A Syrian asylum seeker in Greece poured fuel on his body and set himself on fire on Thursday in front of others at a refugee camp on the island of Chios. The man in question was frustrated and desperate for
Europe still has no plan to handle refugees
By : Chris Doyle Approaching April and warmer temperatures herald yet another spike in those making that perilous lottery of a journey across the Mediterranean from North Africa. Between 2011 and 2016, some 630,000 irregular migrants and refugees reached Italy
King Salman center opens two new projects in Yemen
King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid on Sunday inaugurated two projects. One program tackles malnutrition among children, and pregnant and nursing mothers. The other will supply water. Abdul Ilah bin Othman, president of the Khair Coalition for Humanitarian
US appeals to higher court over ruling against Trump’s revised travel ban
The US government took the legal battle over President Donald Trump’s travel ban to a higher court on Friday, saying it would appeal against a federal judge’s decision that struck down parts of the ban on the day it was
Turkey may cancel migrant readmission deal with EU, says foreign minister
Turkey may cancel a migrant readmission agreement with the European Union, and is also re-evaluating a $6 billion refugee deal with the bloc, foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in a televised interview late Wednesday. Cavusoglu’s remarks came at a time
EU court: States can deny visas to refugees
The EU’s top court ruled Tuesday that states can deny short-term humanitarian visas to people trying to enter to claim asylum, in a case of a Syrian family trying to come to Belgium. The decision by the Luxembourg-based European Court
Hungary approves putting migrants in camps at border
The Hungarian parliament approved on Tuesday measures to tighten border controls and put migrants in camps along its border, the state news agency MTI reported. Hungary plans two or three camps along its southern border, where migrants will be kept
Trump expected to sign new refugee order on Wednesday
President Donald Trump is expected to sign a new refugee and immigration executive order on Wednesday, one day after addressing lawmakers at a joint session of Congress. That’s according to a senior administration official. Trump initially planned to sign the
Ankara: Nearly 50,000 Syrians have returned home
Tens of thousands of Syrians have returned home from Turkey since the start of Ankara’s military operation inside the country, Turkey’s foreign minister said Friday. “Nearly 50,000 Syrians have returned to this area from Turkey since the Euphrates Shield operation
US court set to hear arguments on Trump travel ban
A US federal appeals court will hear arguments on Tuesday over whether to restore President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries, the most controversial policy of his two-week old administration. In a brief filed on
Iran says will respond in kind to Trump’s ‘insulting’ ban
Iran will ban Americans from entering the country in response to President Donald Trump’s “insulting” order restricting arrivals from Iran and six other Muslim states, the foreign ministry said Saturday. “The Islamic Republic of Iran… has decided to respond in
US judge bars deportations under Trump travel ban
A federal judge’s emergency order has temporarily barred the US from deporting people from nations subject to President Donald Trump’s travel ban. The judge said travelers who had been detained had a strong argument that their legal rights had been
Iranians, refugees detained at several US airports
Unites States authorities have stopped and detained refugees at airports on Friday soon after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to close the nation’s borders to immigrants from Iran and six other Muslim-majority nations. Some of the refugees were
Donald Trump bars visitors from 7 Muslim countries
President Donald Trump on Friday put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred visitors from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries, saying the moves would help protect Americans from terrorist attacks. The order limiting
Trump moving forward with border wall, weighs refugee cuts
President Donald Trump will use his executive authority Wednesday to jumpstart construction of a US-Mexico border wall, one of his signature campaign promises. He is also expected to target so-called sanctuary cities and potentially restrict the flow of refugees to
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