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 »
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Kerry to urge revived Israeli-Palestinian talks
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will call for a revival of the collapsed Israeli-Palestinian peace process on Sunday when he attends an international conference in Cairo on rebuilding Gaza, American officials said. The top U.S. diplomat and 30 of
U.S. officials: Qaeda strikes won’t stop plots
The barrage of U.S. cruise missiles aimed at a cell of al-Qaeda militants in Syria last month failed to stop ongoing terror plots to blow up airplanes over Europe and the United States, American intelligence officials say. The strikes on
At least 31 killed in Turkey protests: minister
At least 31 people have been killed and 360 others wounded in four days of violent protests in Turkey by Kurdish demonstrators angry at the government’s lack of action to save the Syrian town of Kobane from a jihadist militant
U.S. seeks bigger Turkish role in fight against ISIS
The United States would like to have access of Turkey’s air base at Incirlik and an agreement to help train and equip the moderate Syrian forces, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday, the Associated Press reported. Hagel said U.S.
Three Saudis killed in Kobani, 1 in Iraq
Three Saudis of the so-called Islamic State terrorist group have been reportedly killed in the bloody fighting between the IS militants and the Kurds defending the Syrian border town of Kobani. Another Saudi was killed in a suicide attack in
U.S. airstrikes target ISIS near embattled Kobane
The United States launched nine air strikes on Thursday on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants advancing in the northern Syrian town of Kobane, U.S. Central Command said. Six airstrikes south of Kobane struck a large ISIS unit
Blast injures 14 outside pub in Kuala Lumpur
Fourteen people were wounded early Thursday when a suspected hand grenade exploded in a tourist section of Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur, police said. One of the injured was hurt seriously in the pre-dawn explosion outside a pub in Bukit Bintang,
Suicide bombings in Yemen kill at least 50 people
Yemeni officials say two suicide bombings – one in the capital, Sanaa, the other in the country’s south – have killed at least 50 people, the Associated Press reported. Security and hospital officials say 30 people died when a suicide
ISIS supporters mourn death of ‘youngest fighter’
Supporters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militant group have recently circulated pictures of the “Cub of Baghdadi,” who they say is the youngest ISIS “martyr” from the Arabian Peninsula to have been killed in Syria. On “The
Car bomb kills 12 in Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad
A car bomb blast on a busy street of Baghdad’s largest Shiite neighborhood killed at least 12 people, Iraqi police and medical sources said Thursday. The bomb, which exploded near a cafe in Sadr City late Wednesday, also left at
U.S. think-tank says it located possible blast at Iran military site
A U.S. security institute has said it had located via satellite imagery a section of a sprawling Iranian military complex where it said an explosion or fire might have taken place earlier this week. Iran’s official IRNA news agency on
Palestinian PM in Gaza for first unity govt meeting
Palestinian technocrat prime minister Rami Hamdallah arrived in the Hamas-dominated Gaza Strip on Thursday to convene the first meeting of a unity government there since a brief civil war in 2007 between Hamas and forces loyal to the Fatah party.
Australia launches first anti-ISIS airstrike in Iraq
An Australian jet fighter has made the country’s first airstrike against an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group’s target in Iraq since the Australian government committed its air force to combat missions, defense officials said on Thursday. The Australian
Biden apologizes to Saudi Arabia over ISIS remarks
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden apologized to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday over recent remarks he made suggesting Gulf states had supported extremist groups in the region. Biden also thanked Saudi Arabia for its support in the fight against the Islamic
Investigators hunt for war crimes evidence in Syria
Several Western governments, including the United States and Britain, are funding two separate teams of investigators in a bid to find war crime evidence in Syria, the New York Times reported diplomats as saying Wednesday. The teams are researching for
Canada votes to join anti-ISIS air strikes in Iraq
Canadian lawmakers voted Tuesday to join the international coalition launching air strikes on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group in Iraq. Parliamentarians led by Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper carried the vote, 157 to 134, in favor
‘Qaeda’ attacks kill at least 10 Yemen police: officials
Suspected Al-Qaeda militants, including a suicide bomber, killed at least 10 Yemeni police Wednesday in attacks on security forces in the restive country, officials said. The wave of violence in the central town of Baida targeted a command center, a
ISIS withdraws from some parts of Syria’s Kobane
Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group withdrew from some parts of the embattled Syrian town of Kobane overnight after air strikes by a U.S.-led coalition, Agence France-Presse reported a monitor as saying on Wednesday. Rami Abdel
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