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Saudi Defense Minister Mohammed Bin Salman’s one-day visit to Cairo ended with the Egyptian presidency announcing the adoption of the “Cairo Declaration” that is geared towards strengthening cooperation and boosting military, economic and investment ties between the two countries. Under the six-point Declaration, Read more
Brigadier General Ahmed Assiri, a spokesman of the Saudi-led coalition, has stated that President Hadi’s government would be willing to hold talks with the Houthi Movement to return to Sana’a but if the latter is reluctant, they will be forced Read more
The U.S. State Department has approved orders of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for military defensive missiles worth billions of dollars. Riyadh wants 600 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile interceptors worth around $5.4 billion while the UAE opted Read more
Kuwaiti Oil Minister Ali al-Omair has requested his Saudi peer Ali al-Naimi to resume work at the offshore Khafji oilfield after production was stopped in October 2014. In a letter addressed to Niami, the Kuwaiti minister pointed out that Riyadh’s Read more
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir pointed out that Tehran is still showing“hostility” towards regional countries and that Iran’s actions do not show any will to have good relations with its neighbors. “Iran’s actions do not reflect the desire of a Read more
Saudi Arabia has clarified that the Hamas delegation’s visit to the kingdom last week and its meeting with authorities do not mean a change in the political differences between the Gaza-based Palestinian group and Riyadh. Speaking on behalf of the Read more
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has released a strongly worded statement denouncing Nuri al-Maliki, former Iraqi Prime Minister, for his recent remarks against Saudi Arabia. In an interview earlier this month with an Iraqi satellite channel Nuri al-Maliki, who Read more
Iran’s supreme leader Ali Ayatollah Khamenei stated on Saturday that the nuclear agreement will not change Tehran’s foreign policies as he reiterated that they will continue to support the Palestinians, the governments of Syria and Iraq as well as the “oppressed people” in Read more
Saudi Arabia has positioned itself in the global oil market as the main exporter of crude oil but the country is changing its methods by increasing the amount of crude oil processed in its local massive refineries that have already Read more
Jordanian security services have thwarted lately a terror plot hatched by a member of the Iranian-backed “Bayt al-Maqdis” group, holding a dual Iraqi and Norwegian citizenship. According to press reports published Monday, the suspected bomber was captured in northern Jordan Read more