JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AA) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman has said that the kingdom will seek to increase its oil production to 13 million barrels per day. Addressing an Arab-American summit in the Saudi city of Jeddah, bin Salman said the kingdom currently produces around 11 million barrels a day. “We have an […]
GENEVA (AA) – The UN special envoy for Syria has said that the next session of the Syrian-led and UN-facilitated talks scheduled for July 25-29 in Geneva “is no longer possible.” While Geir Pedersen said he regrets that holding the ninth session of the “Constitutional Committee’s Small Body” to find a constitution for the war...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Three Palestinians were injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank on Sunday. The injuries occurred in clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces during a raid in the town of Tubas in the northern West Bank, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. The injured were rushed to the [&hel...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Yemen’s Houthi rebels have said they will reject any extension of UN-brokered truce with the Yemeni government. In a statement, the group’s Supreme Political Council dismissed reports about “renewing the ongoing truce in the country,” the Houthi-run Saba news agency reported. “The truce in which the aggressor failed t...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AA) – Saudi Arabia has said it will continue to bolster its partnerships with both the United States and China. “We build bridges with people; we don’t see one as exclusive of the other,” Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Adel al-Jubeir, said in an interview with CNBC network on Saturday. “China [&h...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AA) – US President Joe Biden said Saturday that the US would not leave any vacuum in the Middle East region to Russia, China, or Iran. “We will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by China, Russia, or Iran,” Biden said at an Arab-American summit in the Saudi […]
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Eight Yemeni soldiers were killed by Houthi rebels in Yemen, the military said on Saturday in a statement. The fatalities occurred in attacks by Houthi rebels over the past two days despite a UN-brokered truce between the warring rivals. According to the statement, nine soldiers were also injured. The statement docume...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi security forces captured 26 suspected members of the ISIS in security swoops across Iraq, authorities said on Sunday. Seven suspected ISIS members were arrested in an ambush in the northern Kirkuk province on Saturday, the Iraqi National Security Service said in a statement. Security forces also nabbed 12 suspects in the [...
ANKARA (AA) – Members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the US announced Saturday that they would provide $11 billion to address regional and international food security challenges. The US welcomed the “decision by the Arab Coordination Group (ACG), which includes 10 Arab and national specialized financial developmental ins...
JEDDAH CITY, Saudi Arabia (AA) – President Joe Biden pledged on Saturday to provide Jordan with $1.45 billion in assistance every year. The pledge was made in a joint statement issued following a meeting between Biden and Jordanian King Abdullah II on the sideline of a US-Arab summit in the Saudi city of Jeddah. The […]
