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) – Saudi Arabia has renewed its call for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing Israeli onslaught in the besieged enclave. “The issue of Palestine remains a priority for the Islamic Ummah (Muslim community), reflecting the voice of the Islamic community in support of the brotherly people of Palestine to [&h...
ISTANBUL (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan spoke over the phone to discuss the new deal between Israel and Hamas for a four-day humanitarian pause in fighting in the Gaza Strip. “The two sides discussed ways to stop the dangerous military escalation in Gaza and its […]
Beijing, China — AFP Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said that the world must “act urgently” to calm Israel’s war on Gaza as he hosted diplomats from Arab and Muslim-majority nations in Beijing. A delegation of foreign ministers of the Palestinian Authority, Indonesia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan are in Beijing ...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – AFP Saudi Arabia has suspended talks on potentially normalising ties with Israel, a source told AFP on Saturday, as the war raged between Israel and Hamas. The Palestinian group launched a large-scale attack on Israel on October 7 which killed 1,300 people, sparking a retaliatory bombing campaign that has killed at...