CAIRO — In his first remarks after a deadly attack on the country’s police force, Egypt’s president vowed on Sunday to press ahead with the country’s war against terrorism, secure its borders and hunt down militants.
Contents: Dozens of Egyptian police massacred in ambush by jihadists; Officials point to Hasm Movement, armed wing of Muslim Brotherhood
TEL AVIV — Media outlets in Saudi Arabia on Saturday praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s policy speech on Friday about the nuclear deal with Iran.
TEL AVIV — Hamas will continue to hold onto its weapons in order to fight Israel, the terrorist group’s so-called political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, said in an interview with the Egyptian television station ON.TV.
In his Thursday morning appearance on Breitbart News Daily, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton discussed the Gulf State diplomatic impasse with Qatar and China’s apparent willingness to get tougher with North Korea.
TEL AVIV — The president and chief Imam of the Grand mosque in Mecca, considered the holiest mosque in Islam, Abed al-Rahman Sudais, has stirred up controversy on social media after an interview in which he praised U.S. President Donald Trump, saying, “Trump and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz are leading the world to peace.”
A top Egyptian court upheld on Saturday a life sentence for ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in a case revolving around state documents leaked to Qatar, a judicial official said.
When Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef was replaced by younger, hipper, more charismatic Mohammed bin Salman, the government of Saudi Arabia took pains to present the switch as logical, good for the people, and acceptable to all parties.
TEL AVIV – Jewish leaders in the U.S. have slammed Qatar’s attempts to woo the Jewish community by arranging meetings this week with high-level officials – including the emir and crown prince himself – on the basis that the Gulf state continues to be the chief backer of Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.
Contents: Donald Trump promises to solve the Gulf crisis ‘fairly easily’; Qatar and Saudi Arabia have vitriolic exchangeContents: Donald Trump promises to solve the Gulf crisis ‘fairly easily’; Qatar and Saudi Arabia have vitriolic exchange at Tuesday’s Arab League meeting
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Breitbart London Editor in Chief Raheem Kassam has said the Trump administration needs to call out radical Islam by name and designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation.
The Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, is coming to America. This year, he is bearing gifts.
Ismail Haniya, head of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, travelled on Saturday to Egypt for his first visit there since his election, the group said.
As media outlets and observers try to put together a “doctrine” out of President Donald Trump’s actions during his young tenure in the White House, the role of the State Department in shaping said doctrine has remained elusive.
Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) reviewed President Trump’s speech on Afghanistan strategy with SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Tuesday’s Breitbart News Daily.
A book on terrorism endorsed and touted by H.R. McMaster, the embattled White House National Security Adviser, calls on the U.S. military to respond to any “desecrations” of the Quran by servicemembers with an apology ceremony, and advocates kissing a new copy of the Quran before presenting the Islamic text to the local Muslim public.
9/11 pilot Mohammed Atta met with a fellow al-Qaeda plotter in the Spanish town of Cambrils, Catalonia – the same town where jihadists committed the second ramming attack on Thursday. The region is known for radical Islamist movements including the Muslim Brotherhood and Tablighi Jamaat.
Israel’s press office said Wednesday it is revoking the credentials of a prominent Al-Jazeera reporter pending a hearing after he told another TV station that the work of Palestinian journalists is part of the “resistance.”
Democratic Congressman Luis Correa has hung a painting on his office wall depicting the Statue of Liberty dressed in a hijab
Jerusalem Post columnist Caroline Glick wrote Wednesday evening that National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster is purging pro-Israel staff from the National Security Council, turning the administration against President Donald Trump’s policies.
The Trump Administration still hasn’t designated the Muslim Brotherhood as a Foreign Terrorist Organization as it was expected to do.
Center for Security Policy President Frank Gaffney joined SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Wednesday’s Breitbart News Daily to discuss President Trump’s struggle to implement his agenda against opposition from Obama holdovers and the permanent bureaucracy, most notably at the State Department.
Contents: Kuwait expels Iran’s diplomats after ‘Abdali terror cell’ ruling; Iran says that it’s open to ‘dialog’ with Saudi Arabia over Qatar crisis; Saudi-led coalition replaces its 13 demands with 6 principles
CAIRO — Egyptian police have killed three top Islamist militants in two separate operations, including two caught trying to move to a new hideout on Cairo’s outskirts, the government said Tuesday.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson returned home from an extended trip to the Middle East on Friday, expressing a mixture of optimism that Qatar and the other Gulf states are finally willing to talk to each other and pessimism that they have anything meaningful to talk about.
A classified report found that radical Islamic groups in Britain are raising huge sums of money through public donations, the Government has revealed.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — A top UAE official on Wednesday accused Qatari broadcast giant Al-Jazeera of anti-Semitism, discrimination and inciting religious hate, in a rebuttal to UN accusations of attacking freedom of expression.
Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton talked on Wednesday’s Breitbart News Daily with Sirius XM host Alex Marlow about victory in Mosul, strategy for a post-Islamic State Middle East, the diplomatic crisis in Qatar, and the North Korean nuclear problem.
Contents: Saudi Arabia extends sanctions deadline for two days; Saudi Arabia and UAE threaten Qatar with additional sanctions; North Korea launches another ballistic missile
TEL AVIV — The crisis between Qatar and the Gulf countries continues to be the topic of conversation for citizens of the Gulf.
Following a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani issued a statement calling Saudi Arabia’s demands on his country “unreasonable” and “false.”
Center for Security Policy President Frank Gaffney joined SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Wednesday’s Breitbart News Daily to talk about the Supreme Court opinion on President Trump’s immigration orders, the launch of a new book about the alliance between radical Islam and the American left, and the phenomenon of “Ramadan rage.”
Contents: Saudi Arabia, UAE leak 13 demands to end Qatar crisis; UAE threatens ‘parting of the ways’ unless Qatar meets 13 demands; Al-Jazeera takes center stage in the Gulf crisis
TEL AVIV — Five Hamas members have joined the ranks of the Islamic State in Sinai over the past few days, a security source in the Gaza Strip told Breitbart Jerusalem.
TEL AVIV — President Barack Obama ignored repeated warnings from Sunni Arab countries about Qatar ties to jihadist organizations in Syria and other places, an Arab intelligence source told Breitbart Jerusalem.
Contents: Qatar-Arab crisis is unlikely to be resolved soon; Differences between Qatar and Saudi Arabia run deep and will worsen
The Sunni Arab states aligned against their old Gulf Cooperation Council partner Qatar stepped up their boycott a notch on Friday by putting together an actual blacklist of alleged terrorism financiers linked to the Qatari government.
The Al-Jazeera news network, based in Qatar’s capital Doha and funded by the Qatari government, has not merely suffered collateral damage from the Gulf diplomatic crisis but has been cited as a key element of it.
Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir called on Qatar to end its support for Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood amid a deepening rift between the Arab Gulf states.
TEL AVIV — In wake of the decision of a number of Arab states to sever ties with Qatar and in light of a significant social media campaign against the small kingdom, Qatar’s supporters have decided to take up the fight online. Among other things, the nation’s supporters are accusing those against Qatar of supporting Israel.
