Arab Relations said that the motive behind the decision to end the Determination Storm operation is to achieve the goals of the air campaign.
He explained that these multifaceted goals, for example, were not only to ensure the non-proliferation of (...)
US partnership for development projects in the Kingdom.
In 1971, the late King Faisal met with US President Richard Nixon in Washington and in 1974, the joint Saudi-US Economic Committee was established.
King Khaled bin Abdulaziz Al Saud visited (...)
US rapprochement was further boosted by the visit of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to the United States in 2005, when he was crown prince.
In 2008, President George W. Bush paid two visits to the kingdom (...)
Qa'ida, including the positions taken by the Kingdom's highest religious body to prohibit terrorism and its financing, the statement said.
President Obama also expressed his support for King Abdullah's initiative to promote dialogue among (...)
The situation is increasingly perilous. It has been more than seven years since the Taleban was removed from power, yet war rages on, and insurgents control parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Multiple intelligence estimates have warned that Al-Qaeda (...)
elect Barack Obama underscored on Saturday his intent to push initiatives on climate change by naming John Holdren, an energy and climate specialist, as the new White House science adviser.
Holdren is a Harvard University physicist who has focused (...)
elect Barack Obama has selected retired Gen. Eric Shinseki, who clashed with the Bush administration over the number of troops needed in Iraq, to be the next secretary of veterans affairs.
Obama's announcement was made in a television interview (...)
elect Barack Obama Monday announced his national security team, nominating former rival Hillary Clinton as secretary of state and asking Defense Secretary Robert Gates to stay on in that role.
Obama, who takes office on Jan. 20, has pledged to be (...)
elect Barack Obama, inspired by his hero Abraham Lincoln's idea of creating a “team of rivals” in his Cabinet, may be gambling by choosing his ex-adversary Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.
Obama admires the New York senator's work ethic, his (...)
Elect Barack Obama was poised to name his national security team on Monday, with former political rival Hillary Clinton in line to be picked as secretary of state.
As part of a deal with Obama to clear the way for his wife to get the post, former (...)
elect Barack Obama's choice of Treasury secretary may be of more immediate importance, there is no doubt that his apparent choice of his Democratic primary opponent Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State is far more intriguing.
The rancorous (...)
elect Barack Obama sent his top aide to Capitol Hill on Thursday to tell leaders of the rival Republican party that he needed their help to confront the challenges facing the country.
Rahm Emanuel, a combative Democratic congressman from Illinois (...)
elect Barack Obama resigned his seat in the Senate on Sunday to focus on his transition to the White House, appointing new staff and thanking his home state of Illinois for launching his political career.
“Today, I am ending one journey to begin (...)
elect Barack Obama is considering naming former first lady Hillary Clinton, his one-time rival for the White House, as his secretary of state, NBC News reported late Thursday.
Two unnamed Obama advisers told the network that Clinton, now a senator (...)
elect Barack Obama plans to try a more regional approach to the war in Afghanistan including possible talks with Iran, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing national security advisers to Obama.
The president-elect also intends to move (...)
Elect for whom the Cabinet wished
success.
On the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) issues, the Cabinet underlined
the results of the 27th meeting of the ministers of interior of Gulf
Cooperation Council countries which was concluded in Doha (...)
elect Barack Obama spoke to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Chinese President Hu Jintao as the future American leader had another round of phone calls with counterparts in other nations.
China and the United States should “accommodate each (...)
elect Barack Obama said on Friday he wanted “to move with all deliberate haste” to pick people for top posts, but said it was important to get it right and not be unduly rushed. With a financial crisis raging and the US economy facing a possibly (...)
US agreement on technological cooperation. On the Saudi side, the agreement was signed by Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz, the Interior Minister, and on the US side, it was signed by US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice.
A Saudi-US memorandum of (...)
Jhelum Hydroelectric project aimed at producing 969 MW power and helping Pakistan meet its increasing energy requirements.
Terming it a very important project, the president said it will have far reaching strategic implications and added that it (...)
joined Palestinian state; deal with the problem of refugees and Alquds; improve the state of the Palestinians and other issues constituting the core of the conflict. These positive elements have enjoyed the welcome of the kingdom and the Arab (...)