Etihad Airways takes Berlin to court over delayed codeshare decision
Etihad Airways said Friday it is taking the German government to court over its delay on deciding whether to allow codeshare flights between the...
Saudi Arabia says no common position on Assad's fate after Vienna meeting
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Friday after attending a meeting in Vienna on Syria that he and his fellow participants had not...
Jordan and Russia agree on military coordination on Syria
Jordan and Russia have agreed to coordinate their military actions on Syria by setting up a "special working mechanism" in the Jordanian capital Amman,...
Saudi, U.S., Russia, Turkey explore political solution on Syria
Saudi Arabia, The United States, Russia, and Turkey met on Friday to explore a political solution to the Syrian civil war despite the basic...
France to present UN resolution banning use of Syrian barrel bombs
France will present a draft UN Security Council resolution in the next few days seeking to ban the use of barrel bombs by Syrian...
Plenty of diplomacy but slim hope for new Middle East peace push
Flare-ups in violence between Israel and the Palestinians have often accelerated peace efforts - the first intifada led into the Oslo accords of the...
Palestinian factions call for ‘day of rage’
Palestinian factions called for mass rallies against Israel in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem in a “day of rage” on Friday, as...
US-Iraqi rescue operation 'foils ISIS mass execution'
US-Iraqi forces have rescued dozens of hostages held by Islamic State (IS) in Iraq after learning of their "imminent execution", the Pentagon has said.
But...
Israel lifts age-restrictions for Friday prayers at al-Aqsa
Israeli police say that for the first time in the current round of escalating violence, Muslims of all ages will be able to enter...
Why terrorism will only get worse
Dr. Ali Ahmad Al-Kheshaiban
Al-Riyadh
When we talk about extremism, we should also ask what transformations we have gone through while fighting extremism? Why have our...