Kuwait signs $2.8 billion military and provisional deals with France
Kuwait signed 2.5 billion euros ($2.8 bn) worth of military fixed and provisional deals led by the purchase of 24 Airbus-built Caracal helicopters, the...
Power failure in Iraq as militias outgun state
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi came to office a year ago promising to rebuild his country. But the Iraqi state has grown weaker as power...
Libya political process 'will go on': UN envoy
UN envoy Bernardino Leon insisted Wednesday that efforts to clinch a political deal to end the turmoil in Libya will carry on although several...
Iran's military boots on Syria's war
The new offensive launched by Syrian government forces in the countryside south of Aleppo has shed light on Iran's growing role in Syria's civil...
Assad flies to Moscow to thank Putin for Syria airstrikes
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flew to Moscow on Tuesday evening to thank Russia's Vladimir Putin personally for his military support, in a surprise visit...
Police role praised for peace and security
Prince Faisal bin Bandar recently received in his office Riyadh police officers who paid him a courtesy call.
The Riyadh governor complimented the police officers...
UNESCO approves Arab resolution criticizing Israel
The UN’s cultural body approved a resolution from a group of Arab states on Wednesday criticizing Israel for failing to protect heritage sites and...
Former investment chief is new Saudi ambassador to Washington
Saudi Arabia's new ambassador to the United States is Prince Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki Al Saud, a British-educated former head of the kingdom's...
Yemen: Government calls for joint Arab force to monitor withdrawal of Houthis
The UN envoy to Yemen is working with the government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and the governments of the Gulf states to...
Syrian Kurds declare new province in northern Syria
Kurdish-led authorities in northern Syria have declared a new province including a town on the border with Turkey captured from Islamic State in June,...
