Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Daily Archives: September 17, 2014
U.N. brokers agreement to start Gaza rebuilding
The United Nations has brokered an agreement to enable the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, entrusting the lead role to the Palestinian Authority, the Associated Press reported the U.N.’s top Mideast envoy as saying on Tuesday. The agreement was brokered
American indicted for material support to ISIS
An American man from upstate New York was indicted on Tuesday for allegedly providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) by recruiting members for the militant group. Mufid Elfgeeh, 30, of Rochester, was also accused
France okays militant travel ban to Iraq, Syria
France’s parliament on Tuesday approved a new anti-terror bill aimed at preventing potential militants from travelling to Iraq, Syria or elsewhere by confiscating their passports. The travel ban on French nationals could be imposed “where there are serious reasons to
ISIS, not Ukraine, could be Putin’s ‘chronic nightmare’
Russia, which has criticized U.S. plans to launch strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Syria, could soon become a victim of the militant group, whose members include extremists from Chechnya. The Soufan Group, a New
U.S. campaign on ISIS won’t be ‘shock and awe’
The U.S. military campaign against the Islamist of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will not be “shock and awe” where overwhelming power is used to paralyze the enemy, the top U.S. military officer told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.
Qaeda branches vow ‘dark days’ for U.S.-led coalition
The powerful branches of Al-Qaeda in Yemen and North Africa have called for unity to counter the threat of a U.S.-led coalition which aims at routing militants belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). An unprecedented joint
ISIS shoots down Syrian regime fighter jet
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) shot down a Syrian regime fighter jet conducting airstrikes on the group’s stronghold of Raqqa on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. The Britain-based monitor said: “It is the first
German Muslims invite all faiths to day of prayer against ISIS
More than 2,000 German mosques have invited Germans of all religions to join their Friday prayers to present a united front against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to try to dissuade young Muslims from travelling to fight
Kurds retake Christian villages from Iraq militants
Kurdish peshmerga forces on Tuesday recaptured seven Christian villages in northern Iraq in clashes with militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), an officer and a cleric said. Tens of thousands of Iraqi Christians, most of them
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