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 »
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Slaughtering of 6-year-old girl by her stepmother shocks Saudis
The slaughtering of Reem al-Rushaidi, a 6-year-old schoolgirl, by her stepmother on Monday, outside her home in the eastern Al-Ahsa governorate has shocked Saudis. The stepmother, who is said to be in her 30s, came to Rushaidi’s elementary school to
Houthis accuse detained American of spying
Yemeni militias and their allies charged Thursday that an American detained in the capital this week had provided target coordinates for air strikes by their foes in a Saudi-led coalition. Masked gunmen wearing the uniform of the militias’ national security
Saudi crown prince meets with France’s Hollande
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef has met with French Prime Ministers Francois Hollande Tuesday on the on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. At the meeting, the two discussed Saudi-French close relations especially
Saudi has ‘similar stance’ with Turkey on region
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said on Thursday that Riyadh has “similar stance” with Turkey regarding Syria, Iraq and Yemen. In a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart, during his visit to Ankara, Jubeir said stances of Turkey and
Saudi deputy crown prince meets Erdogan in China ahead of G20
Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday to discuss developments in the Middle East, ahead of a G20 summit in the Chinese coastal city of Hangzhou. Upon his arrival here,
Houthis say ready for fresh Yemen talks if attacks stop
Yemen’s Houthi-run governing council said on Sunday it was ready to restart peace talks with the country’s exiled government provided a Saudi-led coalition stopped attacking and besieging Houthi-held territories. UN-sponsored negotiations to end 18 months of fighting in the impoverished
Saudi envoy: policies on Iraq will not change
Riyadh’s polices on Baghdad “will not change,” Saudi Ambassador for Iraq told Al Arabiya News Channel on Sunday after Iraq asked the kingdom to change its envoy in its capital. “Saudi policies [towards Iraq] will remain unchanged and are not
Kerry talks Yemen, Syria conflicts during Saudi visit
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry into the early hours of Thursday morning on ways to end Yemen’s conflict and resume peace talks
Saudi foils attack on mosque in al-Qatif
Saudi Arabia has foiled an attack on a mosque in Um Al-Hamam village in the Shiite-dominated enclave of Al-Qatif in the kingdom’s Eastern province, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. The man, who attempted the attack on Al-Rasoul Al-A’dham mosque, was
Saudi to Houthis: Kingdom’s borders are ‘red line’
A Saudi military spokesman warned on Sunday Iran-backed Houthis militias that the kingdom’s borders are a “red line” after the latter attempted to infiltrate Saudi territories, Al-Hadath, the sister channel of Al Arabiya News Channel reported. Brigadier General Ahmed al-Asiri,
Yemen talks extended, Saudi soldiers killed
The Saudi-led coalition has confirmed the death seven of its military in the ongoing fight against the Houthi militia on Saturday. The dead were all Saudi military: an officer and five other soldiers. They died while trying to stop Houthi
Saudi-led coalition rejects UN report on Yemen
The Saudi-led Arab Coalition fighting Houthi militias in Yemen rejected on Sunday a recent UN report claiming it committed violations in the conflict-torn country, describing it as “imbalanced and does not rely on credible statistics,” its military spokesman said. “The
Saudi FM says Russia ‘ready’ to heal rift between Gulf states, Iran
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said Tuesday that Russia has expressed its readiness to heal a rift between Gulf states and Iran. However, closer ties with Tehran are not on the cards, Adel Al-Jubeir told reporters after a Gulf Cooperation Council
UK teen who killed Saudi woman, local man gets 27 years sentence
A British teenager has received 27 years in prison for stabbing a Saudi woman and local man to death in the southeastern town of Colchester in 2014, local media reported on Friday. James Fairweather, 17, admitted to the killing of
Jordan, Saudi reject ‘Iranian interference’
After the arrival of the Saudi deputy crown prince to Jordan on Monday, both Riyadh and Amman said in a joint statement that they rejected Iranian interference in the region, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin
Saudi FM: Red Sea islands have returned to the kingdom
That two Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir, previously occupied by Israel from Egypt, are now Saudi territories, said Saudi Foreign Affairs Minister Adel al-Jubeir on Sunday. During an interview with Egyptian channel CBC, Jubeir said that the two
Cross-border shelling from Yemen kills two in Saudi
Shelling from Yemen has killed two people in a Saudi town, the civil defence agency said, in a rare breach of a calm in the border area agreed with Iran-backed militias early last month. “Shelling from Yemeni territory on Samtah
Saudi donates $10 mln to build Vienna center to fight ‘nuclear terrorism’
Saudi Arabia announced Friday that it has donated $10 million to launch a specialized center fighting nuclear terrorism in Austria’s capital Vienna, the state-owned Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The announcement was made during Saudi’s participation in the Nuclear Security
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