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Russian Foreign Ministry Monday offered its mediation to help Gulf rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran end diplomatic spat caused by Riyadh’s execution of Saudi Shia cleric followed by assaults on two Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic missions in Iran. “We ask… Tehran, Riyadh and other Gulf countries to show restraint,” the ministry said in a statement before […]
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir Sunday announced the suspension of diplomatic ties between the two gulf regional rivals following the attack on the Saudi diplomatic mission in Teheran over the execution of Shiite cleric in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi top diplomat told reporters at a news conference that all Iranian diplomats have been asked to […]
Saudi Arabia will invest around $ billion and offer oil assistance to Egypt in a bid to help al-Sissi’s country ease its economic uneasiness, reports say. The decision was made following the visit on Tuesday of the Saudi Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman in Egyptian capital Cairo. Saudi news agency quoting the […]
Egypt and Saudi Arabia demonstrated Thursday their shared determination to close cooperation in the fight against terrorism and the quest for stability in the Middle East region. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi received Saudi deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman who was invited to the military academy graduation in Cairo. Both leaders re-iterated resolve to strengthen […]
As relations with Washington started lately getting more complicated and strained over regional thorny issues such as Iran, Syria, Israel…, the Saudis moved to enhance their ties with Moscow to meet their strategic goals. It seems that in politics there are indeed no permanent friends or enemies, but only permanent interests. This old saying turns […]
Tunisia has taken a step towards nuclear energy after it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) during the 7th ATOMEXPO 2015 International Forum on Nuclear Energy in Moscow. The signing ceremony which took place on Monday paved the way for official nuclear cooperation between the two parties. Their […]
Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah of Hezbollah, a Lebanese political and paramilitary organization, has warned its enemies that provoking the organization will lead to a dirty war. He said that they have weapons of all sorts that could be imagined. Bahrain, Israel and the French magazine criticised by Nasrallah during his interview with Lebanese television station […]
The advancement of the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) in Iraq has achieved another major turning point as its militants take over one of the biggest city in Northern Iraq, Mosul. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is desperate to put an end to the ISIS by arming civilians willing to fight against the […]
Russia could be on the verge of signing an agreement with Egypt as reports claim that a delegation of advisers is in Cairo to meet with officials. Egypt is expected to buy 24 advanced MiG-35 fighter jets as part of its switch towards using Russian military hardware. Negotiations have reached advanced stages. The MiG-35 jets […]
A press statement issued by the kingdom’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Tawfiq al-Rabiah, brought to light that projects worth more than $1,3 billion have been on the hold in Egypt. This information was revealed ahead of the Saudi-Egyptian Joint Committee meeting to be held in the Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh. Several Saudi Arabian projects […]