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: WEST BANK
One dead, 8 wounded in West Bank gun, car attack
At least one attacker opened fire from a car then crashed into a group of pedestrians near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank Thursday, killing an Israeli and wounding eight people, police and the army said. The army
Palestinian fires at Israel troops, is shot dead
A Palestinian opened fire on Israeli soldiers before they shot him dead in the northern West Bank on Tuesday, the army said, arresting two other assailants. The military said “shots were fired” at a patrol near Turmus Ayya, and that
Palestinian official: Gaza border deal reached with Egypt
A senior Palestinian official on Monday said the Palestinian Authority has reached an agreement with Egypt to reopen the Gaza Strip’s main border crossing in an arrangement meant to bypass the territory’s Hamas rulers. Azzam al-Ahmad, an aide to Palestinian
Israel court approves destruction of Palestinian homes
Israel’s supreme court on Thursday gave its green light to the destruction of five homes belonging to Palestinians accused of taking part in deadly anti-Israeli attacks, the justice ministry said. Three of the homes are located in the West Bank
Israeli troops raid W. Bank hospital, kill Palestinian
Israeli undercover forces raided a hospital in the occupied West Bank on Thursday and shot dead a Palestinian during an operation to detain another man suspected of carrying out a stabbing, the Palestinian health ministry and doctors said. The Israeli
Palestinian woman, 72, killed after suspected car attack in WBank
The Israeli army shot dead two Palestinians on Friday, one an elderly woman accused of trying to run over soldiers in the occupied West Bank and the other a man who took part in a violent Gaza Strip protest, hospital
New stabbing, attempted car attack in W Bank
The Israeli army shot dead two Palestinians on Friday, one an elderly woman accused of trying to run over soldiers in the occupied West Bank and the other a man who took part in a violent Gaza Strip protest, hospital
Palestinian attacker killed after West Bank car ramming: police
A Palestinian driver ran over and injured an Israeli border policeman near the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday and was killed by Israeli forces, police said. “Running over of border policeman – the terrorist was neutralized – eliminated,”
Palestinian killed after ‘attack on Israeli soldier’
A Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli soldier at a border crossing in the northern West Bank on Monday and was shot dead by the army, Israeli police said. A second Palestinian, allegedly an accomplice, was arrested, according to police.
Palestinian wielding knife shot dead: Israeli police
Israeli security forces shot and killed a Palestinian who ran at them with a knife in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, police said, as a month-long wave of violence showed no signs of abating. An Israeli police spokeswoman said
Israel legalises hundreds of west bank settler homes
Israel has retroactively legalised some 800 homes in four settlements in the occupied West Bank, the interior ministry said. They included 377 homes in the Yakir settlement, 187 in Itmar and 94 in Shilo in the northern West Bank, as
Cameras at al-Aqsa Mosque
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed Recent escalation between the Palestinians and Israelis has made U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry mediate and suggest the idea of installing surveillance cameras at al-Aqsa compound for the purpose of ending clashes. The cameras, however,
Israel arrests more than 1,000 Palestinians this month
Israel has arrested more than 1,000 Palestinians and Arab Israelis since the October 1 surge in violence, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said Sunday. Most of them were young men and women, the Ramallah-based aid group said. The most arrests –
Kerry lays out steps to ease Israeli-Palestinian strife
The United States on Saturday proposed steps, including 24-hour video surveillance, to end weeks of violence over a Jerusalem site holy to Muslims and Jews. Speaking in Amman after meeting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan’s King Abdullah, U.S. Secretary
Israel court halts razing of Palestinian militant homes
Israel’s High Court has issued injunctions blocking the demolition of six West Bank homes belonging to Palestinians accused of killing Israelis. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this month pledged to expedite punitive house demolitions, as part of measures to
U.N. Security Council to meet on Mideast violence
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will brief the Security Council on Wednesday on his trip to the Middle East where he is seeking to defuse weeks of violence, diplomats said. Ban made the request to urgently speak to council members by
Israel destroys Palestinian’s West Bank home
The Israeli military early Tuesday destroyed the West Bank house of a Palestinian from Hebron in the West Bank who allegedly killed an Israeli in a knife attack last year, the army said, according to Agence France-Presse. The destruction of
Several wounded in attack on Israel bus station
Two attackers, thought to be Palestinians, stabbed and opened fire on bystanders at the central bus station in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on Sunday, injuring at least seven people, Al Arabiya’s correspondent reported. A person has died after
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