Dr. Abdullah Al-Moqbel, Saudi Minister of Transport, clarified that the agreement on regulating road transport of goods between Arab countries , approved on Dec.14 by the Saudi Council of Ministers, aims to facilitate the transportation process in order to support inter-Arab commercial transport as
The formation of an Islamic military coalition to fight terrorism was announced yesterday in Saudi Arabia. It will be based in Riyadh and aims to coordinate and support military operations to fight terrorism and develop necessary programmes and mechanisms to support these efforts. The new coalition
It was a surprise and what a surprise it was! In the first municipal council elections which women were able to vote in and stand as candidates, 20 women achieved a remarkable triumph. There is no doubt that this is the mother of all surprises. Who would believe that this is the society that is [&he
US accusations of Russia bombing a Syrian military base, which is supposed to be supported by Moscow to fight terrorist militias, reflects the chaotic situation Syria is dealing with these days. The international and regional conflict in Syria and Iraq is expanding with the increasing number of fore
International powers met in Rome and stressed on the importance of finalizing the Libyan Peace Agreement on Dec. 16, as it was already planned, they expressed their support to establish a government with a national unity, and pledged economic and security support for the chaotic country to restore s
Marine Le Pen’s Far-Right National Front collapsed in French regional elections on Dec.13, failing to take a single region after dominating the first round of voting, pollsters predicted. Le Pen was handed a bitter loss in the northern region with 42 percent of the vote compared with Bertrand
In a rare move considered to be breaking one of the taboos in Iran, the country’s former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani announced that the Iranian assembly is considering potential candidates for the position of the Supreme Leader of the Republic. Since the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, 75, u
The results of municipal elections held in Saudi Arabia on Saturday in which women voted and participated as candidates for the first time have been announced. 20 women won seats in the municipal councils alongside 2086 men. 4 women were elected in Riyadh, making it the city with the highest number
Voting centers opened doors across Saudi Arabia on the morning of Dec.12 for voters to participate in the third session of Municipal elections, which included the unprecedented participation of the Saudi women. 1.4 million voters, both men and women, put forth their votes on six thousand male and fe
Hannibal Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, awaits judicial investigations in Lebanon on the subject of kidnapping founder of the Supreme Islamic Shi’ite Council in Lebanon, Musa Al-Sadr and his two companions Sheikh Muhammad Yaacoub and journalist Abbas Badreddine in the ye
After failed negotiations with the Turkish envoy to Iraq recently, the Iraqi government escalated the Turkey row over troop deployment on Iraqi grounds to the UN Security Council requesting that Turkey withdraws all its forces immediately. The message phrased “we urge the Security Council to
Since its establishment 35 years ago the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has been accompanied by positivity and negativity and these two elements have not been separated to this day. The positive aspect is that the Council is moving forward and has not diminished even when afflicted by the most sever
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz issued 12 royal decrees yesterday in which Dr Azzam bin Mohammad Al Dakheel was relieved of his position as minister of education at his request and Dr. Ahmed Al-Isa was appointed in his place. Likewise, Dr Saleh bin Abdul Rahman Al-Shu
979 female Saudi candidates will compete with their male colleagues for seats in municipal council elections in which a total of 7200 males and females will stand as candidates. The elections will begin at 8am and this is the third session of municipal elections. The participation of Saudi Arabian w
The evening of Dec.8 started the 7th Riyadh Economic Forum under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. Dr. Tawfiq al Rabiah, Minister of Commerce and Industry, launched the forum on behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. The Minister opened his speech with “It pleases me
He who believes that the sudden outburst of the Iraqi government, a first of its kind since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, is against the presence of Turkish troops on Iraqi soil is wrong. The Turkish force comprises of 150 soldiers only, and is located in the vicinity of the city of Mosul whi
Meetings at the conference to “unify the position of the Syrian opposition” got underway today in Riyadh in order to find a political solution to the Syrian crisis. The President of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces Khaled Khoja expressed great optimism by saying
Billionaire Donald Trump agitated both republican GOP presidential candidates and the world when he proposed shutting the door to Muslims by banning them from entering the United States. The White House stated on Tuesday Trump’s comments about restricting Muslims disqualified the GOP front-runner fr
The trial of Abdul Raoof Al Shayeb, 51, a terror suspect who once attended human rights conferences with Jeremy Corbyn, entered its second week in Britain. The accused was caught by police with instructions about how to use a sniper’s rifle and a “jihadi examination paper”, the court heard. Al Shaye
The Saudi Arabian capital is hosting the 36th Gulf Cooperation Council summit today in which leaders of the GCC countries will participate. At the top of the agenda are meetings to discuss Gulf unification in addition to the main issues in the region; the most important of which are Yemen, Syria, Ir
