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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ISIS claims deadly attack near Egypt’s St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai
Gunmen attacked security forces near St. Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt’s south Sinai on Tuesday, killing at least one police officer and injuring four others, the Health Ministry said, just a week after two deadly church bombings killed 45. ISIS claimed
Tourists: Egypt safe for tourism
While Egypt’s tourism sector saw increased numbers of tourists this year, especially during the Red Sea’s high season in the fourth quarter, tourism analysts expect the downing of a Russian airliner over Sinai to negatively affect numbers, especially with a
Western countries haven’t helped in terror war: Egypt
Egypt’s foreign minister complained on Saturday that Western governments had not sufficiently helped Egypt in its war on terrorism and had not shared relevant intelligence with Cairo regarding the Russian airplane that crashed last week in the Sinai, killing all
UK plane entering Sharm ‘missed rocket by 300m’ in August
A British tourist plane heading in to land at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh came within 1,000 feet (300 metres) of a missile in August, newspapers reported Saturday. The near-miss involved a Thomson Airways plane carrying 189 passengers from
Egypt denies halting British flights
Egypt’s civil aviation ministry denied reports that authorities had stopped British airlines from flying into Sharm al-Sheikh airport on Friday, as the first flight to repatriate tourists left the city’s airport. EasyJet’s flight EZY9854 took off for London’s Gatwick airport
Putin suspends all flights to Egypt on security advice
Russia suspended all passenger flights to Egypt on Friday after a deadly plane crash at the weekend as Western officials said intelligence “chatter” supported the theory that the jet was brought down by a bomb. Putin’s decision was a response
Egypt, Russia reject bomb claim over crashed plane
Egypt and Russia on Thursday rejected claims that a bomb has brought down a Russian passenger plane that crashed on Saturday. Egypt’s civil aviation minister said investigators have found no evidence so far that an explosion on board brought down
Evidence point to ‘ISIS bomb’ in Russian plane crash
Evidence now suggests that a bomb planted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is the likely cause of Saturday’s crash of a Russian Metrojet airliner over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, U.S. and European security sources said on Wednesday.
Arab League summit supports ‘Decisive Storm’
The Arab League is expected on Sunday to call for the establishment of a voluntary, unified military force that member states can turn to when facing security challenges, according to a draft statement obtained by Al Arabiya News Channel. The
German tourist killed in Egypt shark attack
A shark attack on Sunday killed a 52-year-old German tourist in an Egyptian Red Sea resort, in the first such incident in five years, police said. The attack in which the shark sheared off the German’s leg took place off
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