Egypt gas pipeline to Israel and Jordan blown up by saboteurs
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Saboteurs blew up a pipeline running through Egypt’s North Sinai on Wednesday that supplies gas to Israel and Jordan, a security source said. “An unknown armed gang attacked the gas pipeline near Arish city,” the security source told Al Arabiya, adding that the ... Read More
Obama, Abu Dhabi crown prince meet to discuss differences over Iran
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
President Barak Obama of the United States met Tuesday with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces. The meeting, which was held in the Oval Office, was closed to the ... Read More
Influential brother of Syria’s Assad to be targeted by US sanctions
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
The brother of President Bashar al-Assad will probably top the list of Syrian officials to be hit by economic sanctions from the United States, according to Al Arabiya sources. The United States said it was considering imposing sanctions against officials of the ... Read More
Influential blogger says more Egyptian support needed for Tunisia revolution
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
While the Tunisian Revolution that ousted the 23-year-old regime of Zein el-Abedin Ben Ali constituted the major inspiration for Egypt’s January 25 Revolution that ousted the three-decade rule of Hosni Mubarak, Tunisians complain that Egypt has not given their ... Read More
Yemenis signing accord in Riyadh
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Yemen’s government and opposition will meet in Riyadh on Wednesday to sign an agreement brokered by Gulf States to end three months of deadly unrest, officials on both sides told Agence-France Presse. “We have received an invitation from Saudi Arabia to sign ... Read More
UN intervention urged as rights groups say 400 killed in Syria attacks
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
More deaths were reported after Syria bolstered its troops on Tuesday in the flashpoint town of Deraa as a rights group appealed for UN intervention in a bloody crackdown by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. This crackdown, activists said, has resulted in the ... Read More
Tripoli hit again by NATO
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Five loud explosions rocked the eastern part of the Libyan capital Tripoli late on Monday night, witnesses said. “We heard three loud explosions and we saw flames and smoke billowing close to us,” a resident of Ain Zara neighborhood in eastern Tripoli told ... Read More
Egypt reaffirms support for GCC
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
In the wake of an unexpected postponement of his visit to the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf States, Prime Minister Essam Sharaf of Egypt said that there was no tension in relations between his country and the UAE. He also said the security of the Gulf Cooperation ... Read More
Spying for Iran in Bahrain
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Bahrain declared a diplomat posted in the Iranian embassy in Manama persona non grata, and ordered him to leave within 72 hours due to his alleged links with a Kuwait spy ring, Bahrain’s official news agency reported on Tuesday. The BNA report identified the ... Read More
Opposition accepts Saleh exit plan
Monday, 25 April 2011
Yemen’s opposition has fully accepted the Gulf Cooperation Council’s plan for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step aside, a GCC source told Al Arabiya late Monday. “The Yemeni opposition told us they agreed and we are optimistic,” the source, who asked for ... Read More
Christian governor fired in Egypt
Monday, 25 April 2011
Emad Mikhail, the Christian governor of Qena, has been dismissed from his post on Monday by the Egyptian interior minister Mansour Eisawy, according to Al Arabiya’s correspondent in Egypt. Thousands of Egyptians have been protesting for many days demanding the ... Read More
Syrian state killings rise
Monday, 25 April 2011
Syrian forces shot and killed at least 25 anti-regime protestors in Deraa on a day when Syria closed all its land border crossings with neighboring Jordan, following the deployment of Syrian army tanks in the southern border city of Deraa to crush a pro-democracy ... Read More
Al Arabiya’s English-language Website expands coverage, reaching new audiences globally. And we want to hear from you
Monday, 25 April 2011
Al Arabiya re-launched its English-language Website on April 10 under the direction of General Manager Abdulrahman Al Rashed. Our idea is to amplify globally Al Arabiya’s well-established brand by offering to non-Arabs around the world, as well as expatriates in the ... Read More
Italy more aggressive on Libya
Monday, 25 April 2011
Italy is ready to allow its air force to take “targeted action” against selected military objectives in Libya, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Monday. In a telephone conversation with President Barack Obama of the United States, Mr. Berlusconi said, ... Read More
Mubarak to move to army hospital
Monday, 25 April 2011
Egypt’s public prosecutor ordered on Sunday the transfer of former President Hosni Mubarak from his hospital in a Red Sea resort town to a Cairo prison hospital pending a corruption and murder probe after a doctor declared him well enough to travel. Prosecutor ... Read More
Sudan sets Darfur referendum for July 1, as 105 dead in clashes in South
Monday, 25 April 2011
Sudan’s National Election Commission (NEC) announced that a planned referendum on how the war-torn Darfur region should be governed would take place no later than July 1. Meanwhile, at least 105 people were reported to have been killed in violence between ... Read More
Syria arrests opponents
Sunday, 24 April 2011
Dozens of regime opponents have been arrested across Syria ahead of funerals for those killed in anti-government protests on Friday, activists said on Sunday. The funerals were expected to turn into mass demonstrations. University students have called for stepping ... Read More
Qaddafi’s Misrata games
Sunday, 24 April 2011
Libyan opposition fighters accused Muammar Qaddafi of playing dirty games in Misrata in apparent contradiction of his regime's vow to halt fire in the western city, where salvos of Grad rockets from his forces exploded Sunday. In a Misrata hospital, meanwhile, ... Read More
Moroccans urge democracy
Sunday, 24 April 2011
Tens of thousands of Moroccans staged peaceful protests across the country on Sunday to demand more democratic reforms, justice and an end to corruption despite steps taken by King Mohammed VI to reform the constitution and release political prisoners. In ... Read More
Saudi diplomat kidnapped
Sunday, 24 April 2011
A Saudi Arabian diplomat was kidnapped outside his home in Yemen by tribesmen who claim to have “rights” in Saudi Arabia, sources told Al Arabiya television. The armed tribesmen kidnapped Saeed al-Maliki and said they were ready to negotiate his release with the ... Read More