CAIRO (AA) – Egypt and Saudi Arabia have called for an immediate halt to the ongoing clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians. Saudi Arabia also urged the international community to initiate a peace process leading to a two-state solution. “The Kingdom is closely following developments in the unprecedented situation between a number of ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to resolve a dispute between two of their nation’s football clubs, according to Iranian official news agency, IRNA. An Asian Champions League (AFC) match was scheduled for Monday at the Naqsh e Jahan stadium in central Iran’s Isfahan city. Unconfirmed reports said the match between ...
Taif, Saudi Arabia — AFP As Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar pack Saudi stadiums, a quieter but equally dramatic transformation is unfolding for women’s professional football, which didn’t even exist in the kingdom five years ago. On a recent evening in the mountain city of Taif, the Saudi women’s national team ran through ...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – AFP An Israeli minister on Wednesday hailed his country’s “blossoming ties” with Saudi Arabia during a visit to Riyadh amid ongoing US-brokered negotiations to establish formal relations. Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi this week became the second Israeli cabinet member to formally visit the ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – In the first Iranian reaction to a row surrounding a canceled football game between Iran’s Sepahan club and Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ittihad, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said the game must not become a “political lever.” The Asian Champions League (AFC) match was scheduled to take place on Monday at the Naq...
RIYADH (AA) – Israeli Communication Minister Shlomo Karhi has arrived in the Saudi capital Riyadh to attend an international conference, according to Israeli media. The official Israeli Broadcasting Authority said late Monday that Kahri was accompanied by Knesset member David Bitan and officials from the Communication Ministry to join the 4th ...
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 […]
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories — AFP A Saudi envoy on a rare visit to the Israeli occupied West Bank has pledged that the Palestinian cause will be “a cornerstone” of any normalisation deal the oil-rich kingdom may strike with Israel. The delegation headed by Nayef al-Sudairi was Saudi Arabia’s first in three decades...
