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: Russia
US, Russia converge on terrorism, diverge on Iran
By : Raghida Dergham :: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan begins his visit to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar on Sunday, burdened by his differences with the US, Germany and the EU, his domestic problems, and his weak position in
Russia agrees on safe zone mechanism with Syrian group
:: Russia’s defense ministry said on Saturday that its officials had signed a deal with moderate Syrian rebels at peace talks in Cairo on how a safe zone near Damascus will function. “As a result of talks held in Cairo
Trump son to testify before US senate panel next week
:: President Donald Trump’s eldest son and a former campaign manager will testify before Congress next week as part of US investigations into the Trump team’s alleged contacts with Russia, a Senate panel announced Wednesday. Donald Trump Jr and Paul
Trump had second conversation with Putin in Germany
:: President Donald Trump had another, previously undisclosed conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit it Germany. White House spokesman Sean Spicer and National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton confirmed that Trump and Putin spoke privately at a
Earthquake of magnitude 7.7 jolts Russia’s Commander Islands
:: An earthquake, measuring 7.7 on the Richter Scale, hit the area on the Commander Islands on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. The tremor shook the Islands at 23.34 GMT, with its epicenter located nearly 233 kilometers away from Nikolskoye settlement in
Reminders of the July war
By : Diana Moukalled :: Eleven years after Israel’s July war against Lebanon, there is talk of a new war between Israel and Hezbollah. Israel is worried about the Iraqi-Iranian axis backed by Russia. Hezbollah, despite all its threats, knows
Why the Gulf crisis could benefit Russia
By : Dr. Naser Al-Tamimi :: Maybe for the first time in decades, Russia finds itself enjoying good relations with all the Gulf states, including Iran and Iraq. Moscow’s calls for a peaceful resolution of the Gulf crisis through dialogue
UN’s de Mistura: Syrian Kurds should take part in drafting new constitution
:: Syria’s Kurds should not be ignored, and their representatives must be allowed to take part in drafting the country’s new constitution, UN envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura told RIA news agency in an interview published on Tuesday. The
Breakthrough on Syria
By : Maria Dubovikova :: The G-20 Summit was much-awaited globally, mostly because of the top-level bilateral meetings held on its sidelines. The most intriguing was the first meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin,
US, Russian leaders made no promises on cyber unit: Moscow
:: Russia confirmed on Monday that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had discussed forming a joint Russian-US group on cybersecurity, an idea that has provoked uproar in Washington, but said it was only a tentative proposal. Trump said on Twitter
Trump confronts Putin on election hacking in first meeting
:: At long last face to face, President Donald Trump confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin directly on Friday over Moscow’s meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign, as the two leaders sought to use their historic first meeting to move past
US, Russia announce Syria cease-fire from Sunday noon
:: The United States and Russia struck an agreement on Friday on a cease-fire in southwest Syria, crowning President Donald Trump’s first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It is the first US-Russian effort under Trump’s presidency to stem Syria’s
Lavrov says trying to clarify US Syria no-fly zones proposal
:: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday Moscow was seeking to clarify a claim by his US counterpart that Washington is ready to work together to set up “no-fly zones” in Syria. “We have asked, but we haven’t got
G20 Summit: All eyes on Putin-Trump dynamics amid reports of clashes
:: Protesters clashed with police and torched patrol cars in the German city of Hamburg on Friday in fresh violence ahead of the G20 summit, police said. “An operation is under way against violent individuals” who threw petrol bombs and
France, Russia discuss Syria, sidestep differences on chemical weapons
:: France and Russia agreed on Thursday that fighting terrorism in Syria was their common objective, but pointedly avoided airing their differences over the sensitive issue of chemical weapons. France appears to be broadly aligning its foreign policy with the
Egypt and Russia’s foreign ministers discuss Qatar
:: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri telephoned his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Thursday where the two officials discussed the Qatari crisis and stressed the their countries’ rejection of Doha’s support for terrorism. Ahmed Abu Zaid, spokesman for the Egyptian
Putin and Trump’s tainted love
By : Nina L. Khrushcheva :: US President Donald Trump must be giddy. This week, on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, he will finally meet his Russian counterpart and strongman-hero Vladimir Putin. It is rare for
Trump calls Poland exemplary ally against Russian ‘destabilizing’ behavior
:: US President Donald Trump described Poland as an exemplary ally in building defenses to counter Russian “destabilizing behavior”, while appearing to encourage Polish defiance toward the European Union. Trump, en route to a potentially fractious G20 meeting in Hamburg,
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