Latest in Tag: saudi arabia Highlight
Latest in Tag: saudi arabia
Saudi Arabia rebuffs Iran’s accusations over hajj stampede
Saudi officials have dismissed Iran’s criticism of the deadly hajj stampede, in which several hundred Muslim pilgrims died. Previously, Iran vowed international legal action against its regional rivals. The Iranians “should know better than to play politics with a tragedy”, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir told reporters on Saturday. Riyadh has ordered an investigation into …
8.2% increase in tourism during H1 of 2015
Tourists totaled 4.8m during the first six months of the year
Hajj stampede death toll rises to 717, 805 injuries
Health Ministry reports 10 injuries among Egyptians
15 Egyptians die in Saudi Arabia during Hajj season: Health Ministry
No epidemic reported, says ministry spokesman
Our cooperation and exchange of views cover all aspects: Pakistani Ambassador to Egypt
Commenting on domestic developments can cause more frictions than positives, says Mushtaq Ali Shah
Where a crane falls, questions rise
107 are dead and 238 injured in the wake of a major collapse of a giant building crane near the holy site of the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in the evening hours of 11 September. Initial news reports put the blame on severe weather that swept through the Saudi kingdom, with amateur videos, shot …
Technical proposals for electricity interconnection project with Saudi Arabia to be presented
Siemens, Alstom and ABB compete for the establishment of three transformer stations: Al-Hanafy
International support for Syrian refugees ongoing
Five wealthiest Gulf nations are blamed for their silence over Syrian refugee crisis
Egypt sends condolences over UAE, Bahrain soldiers killed in Yemen
An attack launched by Houthi rebels against Saudi-led coalition forces killed dozens of soldiers
Saudi King in Washington amid concerns over Iran
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman is making his first visit to the White House since ascending the throne. He has said that his country is willing to cooperate with the US to achieve stability in the Middle East. The Obama administration greeted King Salman of Saudi Arabia on Friday with assurances that the Iran nuclear deal …
Assertive Saudi King Salman visits Washington
King Salman is visiting Washington for the first time since ascending the Saudi throne. DW’s US correspondent Spencer Kimball reports that the US faces a kingdom that has become very assertive in its foreign policy. For decades, a simple quid-pro-quo formed the basis of US-Saudi relations. Riyadh provided the oil, Washington provided the security. “It’s …
Led by Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf oil countries resist tough climate agreement
Saudi Arabia is being accused of trying to water down the climate agreement at international talks in Bonn this week. But the Middle East is vulnerable to the effects of climate change – and awareness may be growing. Delegates meeting in Bonn, Germany, this week are under pressure to hash out the details of a …
The industrialisation of reconciliation: Iran, Saudi Arabia and IS
I came across a curious news item the other day on Reuters about an industrial development project in Saudi Arabia, and it rang a few bells. The plan is to build a “new industrial city in the south of the al-Ahsa district in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province”, a project helmed by the state-owned oil company …
Dozens killed in Saudi strike on Yemen
More than 30 civilians, said to be workers at a bottling factory, have been killed in a Saudi-led airstrike on Yemen. Meanwhile, unknown gunmen have assassinated the head of security in the port city of Aden
Fulfilling our responsibility to protect in Yemen
According to the latest United Nations estimate, at least 1,916 civilians have been killed in Yemen since 26 March 2015 as a result of the fighting between the Saudi-led coalition, the Houthis, and their respective allies. While both parties are responsible for the deaths of civilians, the majority have reportedly been killed as a result …
Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen residential area kill 65 civilians
Humanitarian group Doctors without Borders has reported Saudi-led airstrikes on a residential area in Yemen destroyed seventeen buildings and left 65 civilians dead. A Saudi helicopter crashed near the border. If the reports of the attack on Yemen’s south west city of Taiz are confirmed, the Saudi-led strikes would be one of the deadliest since …
Egypt condemns attack on UAE embassy in Yemen
The attack took place on Sunday as the UAE takes part in Saudi-led coalition against Houthis
Egyptian opportunism, Iranian gains
Few will disagree with my opinion on the improved performance of Egyptian foreign policy over the past two years. I do not think that the positive development in Egyptian foreign relations is a coincidence, but rather the result of accumulated relations between representatives of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and representatives of states concerned about …
Italy’s Mulmix offers investments in Damietta logistics project
Company also offered to invest and establish silos in several Egyptian governorates
Egypt extends condolences to UAE over killed soldiers in Yemen
Three Emirati soldiers were killed Saturday, announced the UAE armed forces
Al-Sisi, Putin to hold talks as Egypt makes strong gains in bilateral relations
Cairo makes keen moves to advance its economic and military dealings with leading states, and its relations with Qatar may not be as bad as they seem
Egypt condemns mosque attack in Saudi Arabia
The attack killed 13 people and injured nine others
Yemen conflict and Arab uprising: Regional fissures and repercussions
Saudi Arabia’s four-month old bombing campaign against Houthi rebel forces in Yemen has had mixed results beyond devastation in the region’s poorest country. The insertion of Saudi-trained Yemeni ground forces that support exiled president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi led last month to the capture of the port city of Aden from the rebels. The Yemen war …
US-Saudi alliance stays strong after Iran nuclear deal
Will the Iran nuclear deal strain ties between Saudi Arabia and the US? Hardly. The alliance between the world’s largest absolute monarchy and its oldest constitutional republic remains strong, Spencer Kimball reports. One is an officially Islamic nation ruled by the same family for 83 years, where religion dictates who drives (men) and what women …
Saddam Hussein, the Gulf War and the new Middle East
Iraq invaded Kuwait at the beginning of August 1990. The international community responded by launching a military operation. The conflict was quickly resolved, but it had a transformative effect on the Middle East.
Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah arrives in Aden from Saudi exile
Prime Minister Khaled Bahah has returned to Yemen from exile in Saudi Arabia, according to airport officials in Aden. Bahah had fled to Riyadh with President Mansur Hadi after the rebels entered the port city last year. Bahah is the most senior official of the internationally recognized Yemeni government to have visited Aden since the …
Salman, Al-Sisi discuss Cairo Declaration
Applying document’s terms to help achieve Arab nations’ interests, say two leaders
Arab League welcomes ‘Declaration of Cairo’
Egypt and Saudi Arabia signed declaration on Thursday to enhance strategic cooperation
Egypt, Saudi Arabia sign ‘Declaration of Cairo’
Strategic cooperation between two countries enhanced in Al-Sisi’s meeting with Saudi delegation
HRW accuses Saudi-led coalition of war crime in Yemen
Attack on housing compound killed 65 civilians on Friday, fighting continues