Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz chaired the cabinet’s session at Al-Yamamah palace in Riyadh on Monday afternoon. At the outset of the session, the King briefed cabinet members on his talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his meeting with Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Kha
Iran summoned the Turkish ambassador in Tehran on Monday over comments made by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accusing Tehran of destabilizing the region. Tehran and Ankara support opposite sides in the conflict in Syria with mostly Shi’ite Iran backing
You’d better not go into your ancestors’ attic if you get suddenly sick. The medicine you would find there expired long time ago. Diseases are as much complicated as their treatment. Let your ancestors rest peacefully. Don’t live under the illusion that you have to visit them every day to show your
A strange and circuitous path led retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn toward his fateful telephone contact in late December with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and the flameout of what had been a distinguished military career. Military and intelligence colleagues who served with Flynn describe him as
Arsenal’s Identity However Arsenal proceed in the summer, one of their primary considerations will be the identity the club have cultivated under Arsène Wenger. That goes far beyond the football pitch: in common with most of their direct rivals at home and abroad, Arsenal have been voracious in thei
London – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi dismissed the recent ruling of Superior Court of Justice in Ontario against the Islamic Republic of Iran. The ruling was based on Tehran’s support for terrorism. Ghasemi criticized the finding, claiming that it contradicts the principl
Abu Dhabi- Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) signed on Sunday an agreement with the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), awarding it an 8% interest in Abu Dhabi’s onshore oil concession. CNPC contributed a sign up bonus of AED 6.5 billion ($1.77 billion) to enter the concession. The ons
Brussels – Only 20 Kilometers separate the capital of Belgium, Brussels, which suffered from terrorism and extremism, and Mechelen city that succeeded in countering extremism to an extent that the city’s name was not mentioned in the arrests that preceded and followed last March bombings, than
Abu Dhabi – The International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) kicked off on Sunday in Abu Dhabi with a military parade and a show of domestic and international weapon systems. Arms deals of $1.2 billion were struck on the first day of the bi-annual expo. Held under the patronage of Presiden
Baghdad – Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the start of an offensive in the northern city, asking the armed forces to “respect human rights” during the battle and to take care of those displaced by the fighting. Following his return from Munich Security Conference (MSC), Abadi an
Abu Dhabi- The establishment of an international security coalition has been announced in Abu Dhabi – the coalition will consist of seven countries that will combat the organized and cross-continental crime. The international coalition consists of Italy, Spain, Senegal, Bahrain, Morocco and the two
Aden- Yemen President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi arrived on Sunday in the temporary capital of Yemen, Aden, after a one-week visit to Saudi Arabia. Hadi discussed with Saudi officials developments of the situation in Yemen, operations to liberate areas controlled by Houthi militias and economic and secur
New York- The Yemeni government presented Sunday a complaint letter to United Nations Chief António Guterres on Iran’s continued interference with Yemen’s national affairs. Iran negatively influences regional peace, security and stability, the letter also demanded Iran-aligned Houthis be deemed a te
Riyadh – Rania Nashar was named chief executive of Samba Financial Group on Monday, becoming the first female CEO of a listed Saudi commercial bank in line with the government’s economic and social reforms. The group said that the appointment of Nashar reaffirms its strategy on domicilia
Riyadh – A Shura Council member presented a draft to the consultative body and recommended reducing the time between the call to prayer (Adhan) and the actual holding of the prayer (Iqamah) in malls. Deputy Chairman of the Security Committee in the Saudi Shura Council Ata Al-Subaiti, who submi
While mourning Sheikh Omar Abdul Rahman, who died in prison cell in U.S. – some try to portray him as an innocent victim and an unjustly treated hero. He is everything but that! Abdul Rahman invented the modern day terrorism and preceded Osama bin Laden and Ayman Zawahiri, al-Qaeda leaders, in
Rfaila (South of Mosul) – The mood was festive as seven men carried each a bomb into a house on the edge of a village in northern Iraq. Dozens of residents of Rfaila had flocked to watch the house of their former neighbor Abu Maitham be blown up, filming the scene on phones to the […]
Tunisia – A tripartite meeting that included the foreign ministers of Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria was held on Sunday in Tunisia with the aim of finding a solution to the Libyan crisis. Tunisian sources reported that the meeting discussed the possible political role of Khalifa Haftar, who is backed by
Ankara – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the Iran strategy and role played in the region has a destabilizing nature with an end goal of making both Iraq and Syria two Shi’ite states. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Cavusoglu said that Tehran must cease its conti
Cairo- After the death of the Muslim Cleric Omar Abdel-Rahman in the U.S., the Muslim Brotherhood announced that will be receiving condolences in its headquarters in Cairo and other provinces. However, the blind sheikh’s family stated that the date for receiving the corpse hasn’t been determined yet
