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: WAR CRIMES
Saudi Arabia: ‘War crimes’ were committed in Aleppo
During a Saudi Cabinet meeting, King Salman was briefed on a number of reports on events at regional and international arenas, renewing what has been confirmed by Saudi Arabia as war atrocities in Syria. The massacres being committed in the
U.N. on Syria: War crimes are now ‘rampant’
War crimes are “rampant” in Syria, and the conflict has become “a multisided proxy war steered from abroad by an intricate network of alliances,” U.N. investigators said in a new report Monday. In a swipe at the U.S., Russia and
Pakistan rebuffs Bangladeshi war crimes allegations
Pakistan has denied committing war crimes during Bangladesh’s independence conflict in 1971, in what analysts said on Tuesday was an unusually strong statement signaling worsening ties. The move follows the executions in Bangladesh last week of senior opposition leaders convicted
U.N. says all sides in Libya may be committing war crimes
All sides in Libya’s conflict are committing breaches of international law that may amount to war crimes, including abductions, torture and the killing of civilians, the United Nations said on Monday. Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) forces have
Suspected Islamist rebel accused of Timbuktu destruction appears at ICC
A suspected Islamist rebel accused of destroying ancient monuments in Mali’s Timbuktu appeared before the International Criminal Court on Wednesday, the first person to face charges for damaging mankind’s cultural heritage at the court. The ICC has been examining events
France opens war crimes inquiry against Assad regime
French authorities have launched a criminal probe of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime for alleged war crimes committed between 2011 and 2013, sources have said. Paris prosecutors opened a preliminary war crimes inquiry on September 15, a source close to
Investigators have war crimes case on Syria’s Assad: report
Investigators and lawyers have built war crimes cases against Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and key institutions of his regime with documents smuggled out of the country, a report said Wednesday. The Guardian newspaper said the Commission for International Justice and
U.N. investigators to share Syria war crimes list
Secret lists of Syria war crimes suspects that have been compiled by U.N. investigators are now ready to share, the chairman of the United Nations’ commission of inquiry said on Tuesday. If released, the list of suspects would be shared
First Palestinian ICC case to include Gaza war
The “crimes” Israel committed in the most recent Gaza war will be part of the first case the Palestinians plan on referring to the International Criminal Court, a Ramallah-based rights group said. The case will be based on Israeli actions
Amnesty accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza
The Israeli military’s destruction of civilian buildings during its Protective Edge offensive this summer amounts to war crimes and must be investigated, human rights monitor Amnesty International said on Tuesday, according to Agence France Presse. “All the evidence we have
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