ISTANBUL (AA) – Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan held phone discussions with his counterparts from Türkiye, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain and Gambia on halting the violence in Gaza and supporting Palestinian rights. Bin Farhan spoke with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan about the latest developments on the Palestinian issue, ...
ANKARA (AA) – Two of the UK Royal Navy’s ships based in Bahrain had a collision on Saturday, according to an official statement. The HMS Chiddingfold rammed into the docked HMS Bangor. In a statement, Rear Adm. Edward Ahlgren said: “I am aware of a recent incident that took place between two minehunters in Bahrain […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – A Bahraini soldier died on Wednesday, taking the death toll from a drone attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels to three, the Gulf country said. In a statement, the Bahrain Defense Force (BDF) said the soldier succumbed to the serious wounds he sustained in Monday’s drone attack. There was no comment from the […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Bahrain on Tuesday demanded that the Houthis hand over those responsible for Monday’s drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s southern border with Yemen, which killed two of its servicemen. Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa visited the military headquarters, where he was welcomed by the army leadership, which exte...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US on Tuesday “strongly” condemned a drone attack by the Houthi rebel group that killed two Bahraini service members and injured many others along the border between Yemen and Saudi Arabia. “This unprovoked attack threatens the longest period of calm since the war in Yemen began,” State Depar...
RIYADH (AA) – Saudi Arabia has condemned a deadly Houthi attack on a Bahraini defense force of the Arab coalition. On Monday, Bahrain’s military command said a drone attack carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebel group had killed one of its officers and a soldier along the border between Yemen and Saudi Arabia. The Saudi […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Bahrain’s military command said Monday that a drone attack by the Houthi rebel group killed one of its officers and a soldier along the border between Yemen and Saudi Arabia. The statement, cited by Bahrain’s state news agency BNA, said the victims “were martyred while performing their sacred national duty to defend...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US and Bahrain signed a new strategic security and economic agreement Wednesday to expand security and defense cooperation. The agreement was signed during a meeting at the State Department between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, who is also the country...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – AFP An Israeli delegation is in Riyadh for a UNESCO meeting, an Israeli official told AFP on Monday, marking the country’s first publicly announced visit to Saudi Arabia. The visit, for UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee session, coincides with speculation about a potential normalisation of ties between ...
ANKARA (AA) – Muslim countries in the Middle East have shown solidarity with Morocco following a powerful earthquake that killed hundreds. More than a thousand people were killed when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake jolted the North African country late Friday. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the epicenter of the earthquake, which h...
