Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, Turkey have identical views on regional conflicts
Ties between Saudi Arabia and Turkey are set to scale new heights as their interests align on key regional issues following talks between King Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday. The summit [ More … ]
Column – Turkey and the Gulf States: Sustainable cooperation is needed
BY: Dr. MUHITTIN ATAMAN* To make the region stronger and politically more powerful, Turkey and the Gulf states should shoulder the responsibility and start taking steps to develop a close mutual cooperation. The Gulf States [ More … ]
Iran: Why Rouhani plans to visit Kuwait this week?
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani plans to visit Kuwait for talks expected to be about bilateral relations, while Iranian officials urged the gulf countries to exploit this opportunity offered by Tehran. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will [ More … ]
Saudi, Djiboutian military talks on Yemen, Saudi military base in Djibouti
Saudi assistant defense minister Lt. Gen. Ahmed Abdullah Ayesh ended on Monday a surprise visit to Djibouti, where he met with Djiboutian defense minister Ali Hassan Bahdon. During the visit, the two sides discussed ways to [ More … ]
Erdogan heading to Saudi Arabia after his visit to Bahrain
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who on Sunday kicked off his three-nation Gulf tour in Bahrain, will arrive in the Saudi capital on Monday for consultations with top Saudi officials on key bilateral and regional [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia key in fight against terror: UN Secretary-General ‘Guterres’
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has lent all support to the warring factions in Yemen if they are willing to reconcile and reach a political solution to the bloody conflict within the framework of the UN [ More … ]
Turkey-Saudi Arabia cooperation contributes to stability: Saudi FM
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu speaking at a joint press conference in Ankara yesterday praised Turkish-Saudi relations while his Saudi counterpart Adel al-Jubeir said, “The cooperation between Turkey and Saudi Arabia is not only to [ More … ]
Processing US visa applications in Saudi Arabia resumes as travel ban lifted
The US diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia announced that they have resumed processing existing visa applications and schedule appointments for new ones after a US federal court order effectively suspending the travel ban for citizens [ More … ]
Column: Before those missiles fall into Mecca…
BY: İbrahim Karagül* I was considered odd when I listed the threats in store for the region with articles titled, “Before the Mecca wars start” and “Before the tanks reach the Kaaba.” I encountered the rage [ More … ]
Saudi Airports to Attract Foreign Investments
Saudi airports privatization plan extends over 18 months Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said that privatization of 27 Saudi airports would be completed by the middle of next year, adding that an [ More … ]
Al-Sabhani in Beirut for boosting Saudi-Lebanese relations
The visit of Saudi State Minister for Arab Gulf Affairs, Thamer al-Sabhan to Beirut this week has pushed the Lebanese-Saudi relations towards a positive stage particularly with a decision taken from Riyadh to appoint a [ More … ]
Al- Bashir Accuses Egyptian Intelligence of Supporting Sudanese Opposition
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has accused the Egyptian intelligence of supporting Sudan’s opposition forces, and he promised to take Hala’b and Shalateen border dispute between the two neighbors to the United Nations Security Council if negotiations [ More … ]
Turkey Rejected a Russian Proposal to Invite Egypt to Astana Talks
Despite Moscow’s plan to invite Cairo to join the meetings of the three guarantor states -Turkey, Russia, and Iran- in Astana to resolve the Syria, but it was forced to call off the invitation after Ankara’s [ More … ]
What consequences may follow Trump’s threat for Iran?
The new US president Donald Trump said he is putting Iran on notice, in a new chapter of his remarks against the Islamic republic the opens the door for speculation about the consequences and results of [ More … ]