The Pentagon announced the US currently has "approximately 2,000" troops in Syria, more than double the previously disclosed number of 900, a Defense Department spokesperson said at a press briefing on Thursday.
"There are diplomatic and operational (...)
President-elect Donald Trump has long suggested he would try to prosecute his political opponents, and House Republicans delivered him a new opening on Tuesday through a report recommending that GOP former Rep. Liz Cheney be prosecuted by the FBI (...)
The Israeli Knesset has approved plans to increase the number of settlers in the Golan Heights, territory that was seized from Syria in 1967.
The announcement comes after the dramatic downfall last week of President Bashar al-Assad, with Israel's (...)
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said the British government has had "diplomatic contact" with the Syrian rebel group that toppled the Assad regime.
Lammy said Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) remains a proscribed terrorist organization, but the UK (...)
The EU has taken the first step to directly engage with HTS, the Syrian rebel force, while maintaining its designation of a terrorist organization.
Kaja Kallas has instructed a senior diplomat from the European Union to directly engage with the (...)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed Saturday that American officials have been in direct contact with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group that led the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Speaking at a news conference in (...)
AQABA, Jordan — Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, took part in the meeting of the Arab Ministerial Contact Committee on Syria on Saturday in Aqaba, Jordan.
The committee, established by an Arab League resolution, includes (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman met King Abdullah II of Jordan at Al-Husseiniya Palace in the Jordanian capital Amman on Sunday.
During the meeting, they reviewed fraternal relations between the two countries. The leaders (...)
AMMAN — Saudi Arabia delivered the fourth installment of the financial support to the State of Palestine for the year 2024, amounting to $10 million, in a ceremony held at the Saudi embassy headquarters in Amman on Thursday. The installment was (...)
A number of European countries, including the UK, have suspended the processing of asylum applications for Syrians, after the downfall of former president Bashar al-Assad.
Austria's caretaker government has stopped all asylum claims from Syrians and (...)
Brimming with excitement, Syrians poured into Ummayed Square in the heart of Damascus on Sunday to celebrate the fall of Bashar Assad's government.
The square, home to the Ministry of Defense building, became a focal point for jubilant crowds (...)
Foreign ministers from Arab nations and countries participating in the Astana Process have reiterated their call for all parties to pursue a political solution to end the Syrian crisis.
The ministers gathered on Saturday in Doha to discuss the (...)
Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve has reintroduced the Persian onager to Saudi Arabia, marking the species' return to the Kingdom after more than a century of absence.
In April 2024, seven Persian onagers were translocated from the Royal (...)
Where the high hills of the occupied West Bank tumble into the Jordan valley, half a dozen heavy Israeli diggers pound the ancient rocks around the Palestinian village of Bardala.
Low-scudding, rain-laden clouds threaten to soak a group of (...)
FIUGGI — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan attended on Monday the expanded session of the second meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the G7 countries together with their counterparts from some Arab countries titled "Together (...)
Jordanian police shot and killed a gunman who opened fire near the Israeli Embassy in the Rabiah neighborhood of Amman early Sunday, leaving three police officers injured, authorities reported.
The Public Security Directorate said in a statement (...)
AMMAN — Saudi Arabia delivered the third instalment of the financial support to the State of Palestine for the year 2024, amounting to $10 million, in a ceremony held in Amman on Thursday. This brings the total monthly financial support provided to (...)
The United Nations has accused Israel of "severe violations" of a 50-year-old agreement with Syria, saying it has engaged in "engineering groundwork activities" that encroach on a key buffer zone in the Golan Heights.
"Violations of the 1974 (...)
Police deployed water cannons at demonstrators after hundreds gathered in Brussels on Wednesday to protest the arrival of French far-right politician Jordan Bardella.
The chairman of France's far-right National Rally party, Bardella arrived in (...)
Israel's far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has ordered preparations for the annexation of settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Smotrich, who is in charge of the settlements, said on Monday that he had instructed his department (...)
RIYADH — King Abdullah II of Jordan emphasized that the establishment of a genuine political horizon to resolve the Palestinian cause, based on the two-state solution, is the only way to achieve lasting peace, stability, and security in the (...)
RIYADH — The escalating violence in the Palestinian and Lebanese territories, including the brutal Israeli aggression on Gaza, has compelled Arab and Islamic leaders to take urgent action, and that was translated through their resolve to gather (...)
RIYADH — Leaders and heads of state across the Arab world congratulated US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday after he won the presidential election, defeating his Democratic rival Kamala Harris.
In cables of congratulations sent to Trump, (...)
CAIRO — Mayor of Madinah Region and CEO of the Madinah Region Development Authority Eng. Fahad Albulihshi inaugurated the "Communication" event organized by the authority as part of the activities of the 12th World Urban Forum (WUF12) hosted by (...)
Almarai won the Best Corporate Sukuk for its $750 million international sukuk deal issued in July 2023.
Almarai received the award from the Assets Triple A Islamic Finance Awards, which was held at the St. Regis Hotel on October 8, 2024, in Kuala (...)
