Posts Tagged: Riyadh
Saudi and UAE Condemn Israel Over Palestinian Clashes at Al-Aqsa
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on Saturday condemned Israel's plans to evict Palestinians from homes on land claimed by Jewish settlers, following a...
Saudi Arabia Expects ‘Excellent Relations’ with Biden Administration
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Saturday the kingdom was optimistic that it would have "excellent relations" with the new US administration of President Joe...
First Qatari Vehicles Cross Border Into Saudi after Gulf Detente
Qatari vehicles crossed into Saudi Arabia through a land border on Saturday for the first time since Arab states severed diplomatic and transport ties with...
Saudi Arabia has Suspended Turkish Meat Imports – Turkish Union
Saudi Arabia formally suspended imports of meat, eggs and other products from Turkey earlier this month, the Turkish exporters' union said, after a months-long informal...
Saudi Arabia Says It Intercepts Houthi Missiles in Riyadh and Southern Cities
Saudi Arabia's air defense forces intercepted at least three ballistic missiles fired at Saudi cities by Yemen's Houthis, who claimed to have targeted the Defense Ministry in Riyadh...
Resigned Lebanese Prime Minister Says He Will Return to His Country ‘Within Days’
JNS.org – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Sunday that he is a “free man” and will return to his country “within days.” In an hour-long live...
As Ties With Sunni Arab States Warm, Israel Looking for Deal to Let Its Muslim Citizens Fly Directly to Saudi Arabia for Hajj Pilgrimage
Israel is looking to reach a deal that will enable its Muslim citizens to fly directly to Saudi Arabia from Tel Aviv for the annual...
Saudi Foreign Minister Bashes Iran in New York Times, Says Tehran Still Committed to Terror, Spread of Islamic Revolution
In an op-ed on Monday in The New York Times, a senior Saudi official rejected the notion that Iran would moderate its policies in the wake of the nuclear...
Report: Retired Saudi General Makes it His ‘Personal’ Goal to Achieve Saudi-Israeli Peace
Anwar Eshki, a retired major general in the Saudi armed forces, has made it his personal goal to strike peace between Saudi Arabia and Israel, the Wall Street...
Saudi Reporter Says He Wants to be Country’s Ambassador to Israel
A Saudi Arabian journalist has expressed his desire to be appointed in the future as his country's Ambassador to Israel, NRG news reported on Monday. "I want...
Obama Has Destroyed America’s Credibility in the Middle East
Who would have imagined just a few months ago that any world leader would have declined a personal invitation by a sitting U.S. president to...
Gulf States Remain Silent on Iran Deal
SBS News - Arab states in the Persian Gulf have greeted the interim nuclear deal struck between Iran and the West in Geneva with...
Saudi Arabia Declines UN Security Council Seat
JNS.org - In an unprecedented move, Saudi Arabia has refused to accept its election to a seat on the United Nations Security Council. As its reasons...
Gulf Countries Meet to Coordinate Further Sanctions Against Hezbollah
Senior officials of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) met Sunday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to coordinate new sanctions against Lebanon's Hezbollah terror movement. During the meeting...
