Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment

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 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 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 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 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: UNITED STATES

Trump says Iran driving Israel, Arab states closer

:: US President Donald Trump said on Monday that shared concern about Iran was driving Israel and many Arab states closer and demanded that Tehran immediately cease military and financial backing of “terrorists and militias”. In Jerusalem, in public remarks

The pros and cons of Erdogan-Trump meeting

Sinem Cengiz

By : Sinem Cengiz :: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Washington to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump last week received significant coverage in both Turkish and international media outlets. It was the first time they had met

Saudi Arabia, US release joint statement on working agreements

:: Saudi Arabia and the United States have released a joint statement emphasizing the threat of Iranian interferences in the region after concluding meetings in Riyadh during a two-day summit. The statement called the agreements a path toward a “a

US, GCC Summit communique condemns Iran’s regional interferences

:: The United States and the Gulf Cooperation Council released a joint statement on the agreements reached during a summit held in Riyadh on Sunday. Key points of the communique listed below: At the invitation of the Custodian of the

Trump: Iran must never be allowed to have nuclear arms

:: US President Donald Trump said Monday during a visit to Jerusalem that Iran must never be allowed to have nuclear weapons while also denouncing Tehran’s support for “terrorists”. “Most importantly the United States and Israel can declare with one

Rouhani: Regional stability impossible without Iran

:: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that stability could not be achieved in the Middle East without Tehran’s help, responding to criticism of the Islamic Republic from US President Donald Trump who is visiting the region. “Who can

Strapped UN health agency spends big on travel

:: The World Health Organization routinely spends about $200 million a year on travel – far more than what it doles out to fight some of the biggest problems in public health including AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria, according to internal

Donald Trump meets with Gulf leaders in landmark Riyadh summit

:: US President Donald Trump on Sunday is meeting with heads from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh to discuss the region’s security threats including the ones coming from Iran as well as trade ties. The US-GCC meeting comes after

Trump accepts invitation to visit Egypt from President Sisi

:: President Donald Trump is making plans for another foreign trip as he eases into his first. Trump said Sunday he would accept an invitation made by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi to visit Egypt. Trump said the visit would

Taliban raid kills 20 policemen in southern Afghanistan

:: At least 20 Afghan policemen were killed early Sunday when Taliban fighters stormed multiple security outposts in the volatile southern province of Zabul, officials said, as the insurgents escalate their annual spring offensive. Local officials made desperate calls to

China killed or jailed up to 20 US spies in 2010-12: report

:: Beijing systematically dismantled CIA spying efforts in China beginning in 2010, killing or jailing more than a dozen covert sources, in a deep setback to US intelligence there, The New York Times reported Sunday. The Times, quoting 10 current

Saudi-US arms deal includes plans for 150 Lockheed Martin Blackhawk helicopters

:: A series of US-Saudi arms deals announced on Saturday includes a pledge to assemble 150 Lockheed Martin Blackhawk helicopters in the Kingdom, an official statement said. The $6 billion deal for Blackhawks is expected to result in about 450

US: Coalition to encircle ISIS militants before starting military campaign

:: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday the U.S.-led coalition was now encircling ISIS fighters in their strongholds in a tactical shift before starting a military campaign to destroy them. Also speaking at the Pentagon on Friday, the

Reading Trump’s foreign policy road map

Maria Dubovikova

By : Maria Dubovikova :: The US President Donald Trump has been maneuvering with no concrete strategy, but only concrete desires and aspirations he wants to realize no matter what. Despite that, the shape of US foreign policy is starting

No links to ‘terrorism’ after car plows into NY crowd

:: One person was killed after a vehicle plowed into pedestrians in New York’s bustling Times Square on Thursday with the police not linking the incident to “terrorism.” New York Fire Department, in updated tally on Twitter, said one was

Turkey wants US envoy on ISIS removed over Kurdish policy

:: Turkey said on Thursday the US special envoy in the battle against ISIS should be removed because he supported Kurdish militants, and warned that Ankara would act unilaterally if it faced attack from the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia. The

The unpredictability in US-Russia relations

Chris Doyle

By : Chris Doyle :: Cast your mind back a month, and you may recall that the Kremlin was saying Russia-US relations were at their “worst since the Cold War.” Russian and American leaders appeared with furrowed brows. Tensions had

Trump says no other politician treated worse by the media

:: President Donald Trump told graduates of the US Coast Guard Academy, on Wednesday, that no other politician has been treated more unfairly by the media. “You cannot let them get you down,” he said. Trump is offering his advice

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