Thamer Al-Sabhan

Saudi Minister Meets UN Special Envoy for Iraq

Amman - Emirates Voice

Saudi Minister of State for Arab Gulf Affairs Thamer Al-Sabhan has met with Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq Jan Kubis. The meeting held at the Saudi embassy in Amman, Jordan, discussed means of cooperation between the United Nations Mission in Iraq and Saudi Arabia on issues of mutual concern, reported Saudi Press Agency SPA..The two sidesRead more

Kuwaiti Foreign Minister meets Saudi Minister of State for Arabian Gulf Affairs

Kuwait - Arab Today

Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah met here on Sunday with Saudi Minister of State for Arabian Gulf Affairs at the Foreign Ministry Thamer Al-Sabhan, who is currently visiting Kuwait. During the meeting, they discussed relations between two countries and ways of enhancing them in various fields in addition to issues of commonRead more

Saudi Gulf affairs minister in Beirut for bilaterial talks

Beirut - Arab Today

Saudi Minister of State for Gulf Affairs Thamer Al-Sabhan arrived in Beirut on Friday and met with Lebanese political and religious figures including Saad Al-Hariri and Lebanese presidential candidate Michel Aoun. They discussed bilateral ties as well as regional developments. Lebanese sources expect Al-Sabhan to attend the parliamentary session scheduled for Oct. 31 for the election of a Lebanese president,Read more

Al-Sabhan is appointed minister of state for the Gulf region

Jeddah - Arab Today

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has appointed Thamer Al-Sabhan minister of state for the Gulf region. Al-Sabhan left his position as the Saudi ambassador to Iraq after exerting efforts to support the Iraqi people and delivering Saudi humanitarian aid to some Iraqi villages. Al-Sabhan’s new assignment was announced in a royal decree issued by Custodian of theRead more

UK paper ‘sorry’ for maligning Saudi envoy

London - Arab Today

British newspaper The Independent has tendered a public apology to Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Iraq, Thamer Al-Sabhan, for an article that alleged that his cousin, Abdel Salaam, died fighting for Daesh. The article, which appeared on Sept. 7, said Iraq attempted to expel its first Saudi Arabian ambassador in a quarter of a century over claims he refused to condemnRead more

Envoy: No change in Saudi policies on Iraq

Jeddah - Arab Today

Saudi Arabia’s policies on Iraq will not change, Ambassador Thamer Al-Sabhan said in an interview on Al-Arabiya TV station. “We have a very amicable relationship with Iraqi politicians that the media does not depict,” added the Saudi envoy to Iraq. His remarks followed reports that Iraq had asked Saudi Arabia to replace its ambassador in Baghdad. Iraq’s move reportedly came after AmbassadorRead more

Iran conspiracy to kill Saudi envoy to Iraq uncovered

Jeddah - Arab Today

Iraqi Shiite militias, with Iranian support, made attempts to assassinate Saudi Ambassador to Iraq Thamer Al-Sabhan by targeting his armored car with RPJ-7 missiles. A source, quoted by a local publication, revealed that these militias have direct links to Iran, mostly the Khorasan Battalion, and a group dealing with Awas Al-Khafaji, secretary general of Abu Fadl Al-Abbas forces. Al-Sabhan confirmedRead more

KSA ambassador: ’We are exposed to threats but Iraq refuses to boost security’

Baghdad - Arab Today

Thamer Al-Sabhan, Saudi ambassador to Iraq, said the Iraqi government is not responding to the embassy’s requests to provide its personnel with armored vehicles and other equipment to protect the staff of the diplomatic mission. Al-Sabhan blamed the delay of more than six months on several political groups with agendas, and said that the threats to the embassy come fromRead more