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The lifting of sanctions on Iran as a result of its nuclear deal with world powers will be a harmful development if it uses the extra money to fund “nefarious activities”, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told Reuters on Tuesday (January 19). He said in an interview, the first direct Saudi comment on the lifting of sanctions on its bitterest regional rival, that Saudi Arabia would never negotiate on “our faith and our security”. […]
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited Saudi Arabia on Monday (January 18) ahead of a trip to Iran. Sharif met Saudi King Salman and other Saudi officials in a bid to bridge the growing divide between Saudi Arabia Iran after the Sunni kingdom’s execution of a Shi’ite cleric sparked a bitter row. The Pakistani government has sought to avoid taking sides the escalating dispute between Saudi Arabia and its main rival Iran as it wrestles […]
According to the Blas Ople Center, the government should implement a deployment ban to stop the sending of new overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Saudi Arabia as the situation continues to worsen between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Said center added that several OFWs in Saudi Arabia are now asking help to go back to the Philippines. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
President Benigno S. Aquino III asked the Department of Foreign Affairs to continue monitoring the rising tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, with Presidential Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma saying that it is the government’s top priority to ensure the safety of overseas Filipino workers in the Middle East. Also, the President asked the DFA to formulate a comprehensive contingency plan. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by […]
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Spokeman Charles Jose said that the Philippine government is yet to impose a travel or a deployment ban to Saudi Arabia and Iran despite the tension between the two countries. (Eagle News Service)
Residents in the Iranian capital of Tehran have spoken out against the actions of Saudi Arabia as tensions between the two countries reached breaking point in the past few days. The rift between the two countries became inflamed after Saudi Arabia executed prominent Shiite cleric Nemer al-Nemer along with 46 others over terrorism charges on January 2. This was followed by an attack on the Saudi Embassy in Tehran by protesters, leading to Saudi Arabia […]
Saudi Arabia’s decision to break off diplomatic ties with Iran will not affect its own efforts to secure peace in Syria and Yemen, the kingdom’s ambassador to the United Nations, Abdallah Al-Mouallimi, said on Monday (January 4). “From our side it will have no effect because it will continue to work very hard towards supporting the peace efforts in Syria, in Yemen, wherever there might be a need for that. How is that going to […]
The White House on Monday (January 4) urged Saudi Arabia and Iran to show restraint in the crisis spurred by the execution of a senior Shi’ite cleric by Saudi Arabia. “We do continue to be concerned about the need for both the Iranians and the Saudis to de-escalate the situation. We are urging all sides to show some restraint and to not further inflame tensions that are on quite vivid display in the region,” White […]
Saudi Arabia cut ties with Iran on Sunday, responding to the storming of its embassy in Tehran in an escalating row between the rival Middle East powers over Riyadh’s execution of a Shi’ite Muslim cleric. Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told a news conference in Riyadh that the envoy of Shi’ite Iran had been asked to quit Saudi Arabia within 48 hours. The kingdom, he said, would not allow the Islamic republic to undermine its security. […]
Saudi Arabia, its finances hit by low oil prices, announced plans to shrink a record state budget deficit with spending cuts, reforms to energy subsidies and a drive to raise revenues from taxes and privatisation. The 2016 budget, released by the finance ministry on Monday (December 28), marked the biggest shake-up to economic policy in the world’s top crude exporter for over a decade, and includes politically sensitive reforms from which authorities previously shied away. […]
The Philippines sent an emergency response team to confirm if there are any Filipinos injured in the hospital fire in Saudi Arabia that killed and injured hundreds. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, initial reports say that no Filipinos were injured in said fire. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by Lovely Ann Cruz)
(Reuters) — Saudi Arabia on Tuesday (December 15) announced the formation of a 34-state Islamic military coalition to combat terrorism, according to a joint statement published on state news agency SPA. A long list of Arab countries such as Egypt, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, together with Islamic countries Turkey, Malaysia, Pakistan and Gulf Arab and African states were mentioned. Shi’ite Muslim Iran, Sunni Saudi Arabia’s arch rival for influence in the Arab world, […]
