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Faisal bin Farhan

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud (right) and his Qatari counterpart Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani attend the consultative ministrial meeting in Riyadh, on March 19, 2026. (Fayez Nureldine / AFP)
March 22, 2026, 6:03 am
Saudi Arabia orders Iranian military attache, four embassy staff to leave
Following repeated Iranian attacks, Saudi Foreign Ministry says more strikes will have ‘significant consequences’ for current and future relations
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud attends the consultative ministrial meeting in Riyadh, on March 19, 2026 (Fayez Nureldine / AFP)
March 20, 2026, 11:02 am
Saudi Arabia reserves right to take military action against Iran, foreign minister says
Prince Faisal bin Farhan says Tehran’s targeting of Riyadh as Arab foreign ministers were meeting ‘is the clearest signal of how Iran feels about diplomacy’
By AFP
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa (2L), conference co-chair Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud (3L), UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres (C), and conference co-chair French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot (2R) stand for a group photo with high level ministers during the United Nations conference on a two state solution for Israel and the Palestinians, at UN headquarters on July 28, 2025, in New York City. (Charly Triballeau/AFP)
July 29, 2025, 2:42 am
Dozens of countries attend UN confab on two-states boycotted by US and Israel
Conference held after delay due to Israel-Iran war; Luxembourg could join France in recognizing Palestine; US avoids criticizing Riyadh while blasting Paris for organizing event
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
Defense Minister Israel Katz, right, meets with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, left, and members of the military's top brass ahead of the Israeli operation against Iran's nuclear program, June 13, 2025. (Defense Ministry)
July 4, 2025, 4:57 pm
Katz, Zamir hail war against Iran as ‘defining milestone’ in Israel’s history
UN nuclear watchdog inspectors leave Islamic Republic because of safety concerns, according to WSJ; Saudi officials urge cooperation and return to negotiations
By Stav Levaton and Agencies
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, right, meets with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, January 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
January 23, 2025, 8:12 pm
Saudi FM makes first official trip to Lebanon in decade after years of strained ties
Top Saudi diplomat says kingdom has ‘great confidence’ new president and PM can ‘build safety, stability and a united Lebanon,’ as Beirut looks to fix ties with Middle East giant
By Kareem Chehayeb
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP)
October 31, 2024, 7:03 pm
Saudi FM: Some deals with US not tied to Israel normalization can still move forward
Bilateral agreements on trade, AI could advance ‘quickly,’ Faisal bin Farhan says, reiterating that deal with Israel ‘off the table until we have a resolution to Palestinian statehood’
By Agencies
Participants attend the International Alliance to Implement the Two-State Solution meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 30, 2024. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP)
October 30, 2024, 6:23 pm
Riyadh hosts first meeting of ‘international alliance’ pushing for Palestinian state
Saudi FM decries ‘genocide’ in Gaza, reiterates kingdom’s position it will only normalize ties with Israel when two-state solution implemented
By AFP and ToI Staff
This combination of six undated photos shows hostages, from top left, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi; from bottom left, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Carmel Gat. (The Hostages Families Forum via AP)
October 20, 2024, 7:46 pm
Six slain hostages were likely Sinwar’s shields, lived for months on energy bars
Hamas chief was in the same tunnel system as high-profile captives less than two weeks before captors executed them; hostages were likely too malnourished to be moved with him
By ToI Staff
Israeli rescued hostage Farhan al-Qadi (C) at a gathering of family and friends to welcome him upon returning to his village of Khirbet Karkour near the southern Bedouin city of Rahat on August 28, 2024. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
September 5, 2024, 1:26 pm
Farhan al-Qadi says he was taken hostage because he refused to point Hamas to Jews
Rescued hostage describes being shot and captured and his 11-month ordeal; report says slain captive Eden Yerushalmi had been starved in captivity, body weighed only 36 kgs
By ToI Staff
Arie Zalmanowicz (Courtesy)
August 29, 2024, 4:47 pm
Son says Aryeh Zalmanovich, 86, ‘was murdered’ in Gaza hospital next to Farhan al-Qadi
Rescued hostage updated Nir Oz resident’s son upon return to Israel, said two forged ‘special bond’ when held together in hospital; son says dad didn’t get medicine, care he needed
By ToI Staff
Released hostage Farhan al-Qadi, right, hugs a well-wisher as he arrives his home in the Bedouin village of Khirbet Karkur, near Rahat, southern Israel, August 28, 2024. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
August 28, 2024, 7:06 pm
Rescued captive calls to ‘put an end’ to hostage saga as crowd cheers his return home
Brother of Farhan al-Qadi says terrorists shot him in leg before taking him to Gaza, where he was treated without anesthetic and held without sunlight for months
By ToI Staff and AP
Rescued hostage Farhan al-Qadi seen with family members and doctors at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba on August 27, 2024. (Courtesy Soroka Medical Center)
August 28, 2024, 4:13 pm
Rescue, shmescue, as the loathsome Jews would say
A Muslim liberated from heroic Hamas by the hideous Zionists? That can’t be true. And if it is, I don’t want to hear it
By David Horovitz
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing at the White House, July 25, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
August 28, 2024, 7:44 am
Unapologetic optimism: How US approaches its messaging around hostage negotiations
Biden spokesperson tells ToI positivity voiced repeatedly throughout talks has always been warranted, even if deal hasn’t yet materialized; insists US ‘clear-eyed’ about challenges
By Jacob Magid
Rescued hostage Farhan al-Qadi at Beersheba's Soroka Hospital, on August 27, 2024. (Yossi Ifergan/GPO)
August 28, 2024, 4:45 am
Former Rahat mayor says rescued hostage told him another captive died by his side
Info can’t be immediately verified; Ata Abu Madighem says Farhan al-Qadi ‘has many [terrible] memories’ and that his captors ‘treated him as an Israeli in every respect’
By ToI Staff
In this photo released by the Prime Minister's Office on Aug. 27, 2024, Farhan al-Qadi, 52, right meets relatives at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel. (Yossi Ifergan/GPO)
August 27, 2024, 9:24 pm
Better than a baby: ‘Surprise’ hostage rescue gives way to joy as family reunites
Relatives of Farhan al-Qadi rush to hospital to see him after nearly 11 months in captivity, but celebrations tempered by concerns for 108 hostages remaining in Gaza
By ToI Staff
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