International
Saudi to open Israel embassy if peace plan accepted:Former S...
( Saudi Arabia )
Riyadh:A well-connected former general in the Saudi military has said the kingdom would open an embassy in Tel Aviv if Israel accepted a Saudi initiative to end the Middle East conflict. Anwar Eshki was asked during an Al Jazeera interview how long it would be before Riyadh would open an embassy in Israel. “You can ask Mr. Netanyahu,” Eshki replied, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Jerusalem Post reported on its website. “If he announces that he accepts the...
Israeli forces storm Masjid Al-Aqsa compound...
( Palestine )
Gaza:Israeli forces have once again scuffled with Palestinian Muslim worshipers at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound which lies in the Israeli-occupied Old City of al-Quds (Jerusalem). In a video obtained by Reuters on Tuesday, Israeli troops could be seen pushing a crowd of worshipers who were angry at the presence of some extremist Jewish men at the holy Muslim site. The footage also shows Israeli policemen escorting the Jewish people outside the compound. Israeli media reports said the scuffles began...
200 foreign Takfiris joining ISIL each month: US General...
( US )
Washington:Every month only some 200 foreign Takfiris join the Daesh terrorist group operating in Iraq and Syria, a US military official claims. “That is a drastic decline from about a year ago when between 1,500 and 2,000 foreign militants were joining the group in Iraq and Syria each month,” Air Force Major General Peter Gersten, deputy commander for operations and intelligence for the US-led coalition, during a news briefing on Tuesday. In a report earlier this month, the US State Department...
Pakistan captures Al Qaeda financier blacklisted by United N...
( Paksitan )
Islamabad:Pakistani security officials have arrested a senior al-Qaeda member who has been on the United Nations Security Council sanctions list since 2012. A senior police officer said on Friday that Abdur Rehman alias Abdul Rehman Sindhi was arrested in Karachi a day earlier. Muqaddas Haider said Rehman’s arrest came in a congested residential quarter after an extensive joint operation by police and intelligence agencies. “Abdul Rehman Sindhi is an old veteran of al-Qaeda,” Haider said. Officials...
US kills more civilians in Syria and Iraq...
( US )
Washington:The US has admitted to more civilian casualties in its airstrikes against alleged Daesh (ISIL) positions inside Syria and Iraq between September and February, amid reports that the Pentagon has increased civilian death tolerance in the two countries. According to a statement on Friday by the US Central Command (CENTCOM), in the five-month period, a total of 20 civilians were killed and 11 others were injured as a result of air raids by the US-led coalition which started its aerial campaign...
Obama cleared the air with Saudis:White House...
(Srinagar)
Washington:The White House says US President Barack Obama has “cleared the air” with Saudi King Salman during his visit to the Persian Gulf monarchy despite reports of a cool reception in Riyadh. The White House played down reports that ties with Saudi Arabia have strained over the recent past, saying Wednesday that Obama “really cleared the air” with King Salman at a meeting in the Saudi capital earlier in the day. However, former Saudi intelligence chief Turki Al Faisal told...
Terrorists supplied with advanced arms:FM Syria...
( Syria )
Damascus:Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem says Turkey and other countries continue to supply terrorists in Syria with advanced weapons. He made the remarks on Thursday at a meeting with China’s special envoy to Syria as fighting raged across the country after the collapse of UN-sponsored peace talks. Muallem said the Syrian government would press on with its fight against terrorists, the official SANA news agency said. The remarks come as leaders of the Saudi-backed High Negotiations...
The issue of Kashmir is an Issue of Humanity:Ayatollah Khame...
( Iran/Kashmir )
Tehran:Look how everywhere in the world where there is a Muslim community, they receive a much harsher treatment compared with others. Kashmir is a contemporary example for this. Muslims there speak out their rights. Anyone who is informed of what Kashmir has gone through, knows what Muslims of Kashmir express is nothing but truth and justice. Those who silence them have an unjust cause. Those who attack them are the ones who are doing the wrong action. Sadly the world watches all this in cold blood. Ayatollah...
Floods kill 18 in Saudi Arabia...
( Saudi Arabia )
Riyadh:Flash floods sweeping Saudi Arabia for the past week has left more than a dozen dead as the kingdom grapples with heavy downpours across the country. Saudi Arabia’s civil defense agency said in a statement on Thursday that at least 18 people were killed in the floods which struck areas starting from the desert capital of Riyadh to Hail, Mecca, Medina, Al-Baha, Asir, Najran and Jazan. The statement said a total of 915 people were rescued by the agency. Another report by the Saudi Red...
Iran:OIC dominated by some members,rarely unbiased...
( Iran )
Tehran:Iran has criticized the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for being dominated by certain member states and for its failure to avoid bias in its decision-making processes. “The general atmosphere governing the OIC under the current circumstances is not really indicative of cooperation among Muslim countries and unity in the Muslim world,” Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, who is attending the organization’s 13th summit in the Turkish city of Istanbul, said on Thursday. “Unfortunately,...